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The goal to reduce the incidence rate of overweight and obese active duty military service members by 5% was not achieved, and the rate of overweight and obese increased by 1.57% over the 6-month period.
Practitioners should be aware that current interventions may not be effective in reducing obesity rates in military populations.
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The goal to reduce the incident rate of overweight and obese by 5% was not achieved, but in turn the rate of overweight and obese increased by 1.57% over the 6-mo period.
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Based on the implementation and analysis of a clinical practice guideline.
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Implementation of a Screening and Management of Overweight and Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline in an Ambulatory Care Setting
Connie L. Winik et al. · Military Medicine · 2017
DOI 10.1093/milmed/usx022
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