Effects of Education and Experience on Primary Care Providers' Perspectives of Obesity Treatments during a Pragmatic Trial

Objective To examine the impact of a 1‐year pragmatic obesity trial on primary care providers' (PCPs) perspectives of treatment. Methods PCPs from four intervention clinics (PCP‐I) and five control clinics (PCP‐C) completed pre‐ and postintervention surveys on weight‐loss counseling, comfort discussing obesity treatments, and perceived effectiveness of interventions; questions were rated on 0 to 10 Likert scales. Only PCP‐I received patient...