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Physicians should evaluate a patient's readiness to change and set appropriate weight-loss goals.
Physicians should assess patients' readiness for change and collaboratively set realistic weight-loss goals.
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It is essential that physicians treat obesity and encourage healthy-weight maintenance... evaluating a patient's readiness to change, setting appropriate weight-loss goals.
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Outpatient Management of Obesity: A Primary Care Perspective
James O. Hill et al. · Obesity Research · 2002
DOI 10.1038/oby.2002.205
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