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Teaching Medical Students to Help Patients Manage Their Weight: Outcomes of an Eight-School Randomized Controlled Trial
BACKGROUNDGiven the rising rates of obesity there is a pressing need for medical schools to better prepare students for intervening with patients who have overweight or obesity and for prevention efforts.OBJECTIVETo assess the effect of a multi-modal weight management curriculum on counseling skills for health behavior change.DESIGNA pair-matched, ...
By JUDITH K. OCKENE, LORI PBERT, SYBIL CRAWFORD, CHRISTINE F. FRISARD, JYOTHI A. PENDHARKAR, RAJANI S. SADASIVAM, JAMIE FARO, CATHY OKULIAR, CASSIE ENO, KATHERINE MARGO, MONICA ANN SHAW, TARANEH SOLEYMANI, DIANE D. STADLER, SARITA WARRIER, KATIE WHITE, ALAN C. GELLER