%0 Journal Article
%T Temporal Changes in Health Care Utilization among Participants of a Medically Supervised Weight Management Program
%A Ashok Krishnaswami
%A Michael Sorel
%A Rohini Ashok
%A Stephen Sidney
%A Wayne Smith
%J Archive of "The Permanente Journal".
%D 2019
%R 10.7812/TPP/18-134
%X Obesity is associated with increased incidence of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension, and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Obesity is also associated with increased use of outpatient clinical services, a metric of health care utilization. However, little is known of temporal changes in health care utilization among obese participants of a medical weight management program
%K health care utilization
%K medically supervised weight management
%K obesity
%K weight loss program
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443354/