The Joys and Challenges of Delivering Obesity Care: a Qualitative Study of US Primary Care Practices

Obesity is of epidemic proportion in the USA but most people with obesity do not receive treatment.To explore the experience of providing obesity management among primary care clinicians and their team members involved with weight loss in primary care practices. The study's focus was on examining the use of the Medicare payment code for intensive behavioral therapy for obesity (IBT), but other obesity management services and payment mechanisms...