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Less than half of obese patients were considering weight loss in the coming month.
Practitioners should address motivation and readiness to change in obese CHD patients.
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Less than half of obese patients was considering weight loss in the coming month.
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Based on data from a large cohort of 10,507 CHD patients.
Source
Potential for optimizing management of obesity in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease
Dirk De Bacquer et al. · European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes · 2021
DOI 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcab043
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