Specialized weight navigation program shows higher use of evidence-based treatments, more weight lost than usual care

Giving high-risk patients access to an obesity specialist through their regular primary care clinic increased their chances of receiving at least one evidence-based weight-management treatment, and led to more weight lost in just a year, a new University of Michigan study finds.

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