Rural-Urban Variation in Weight Loss Recommendations Among US Older Adults with Arthritis and Obesity

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Analyzes 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data to identify rural and urban differences in the number of older adults with obesity and arthritis who received weight loss recommendations (WLR) from healthcare providers. Includes data from 5 states on WLR receipt according to age, sex, education, race/ethnicity, income, and population density.

Mary Greaney, Steven Cohen, Christie Ward-Ritacco, Deborah Riebe

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(6), 946

03/2019

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Arthritis · Elderly population · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data