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Obesity Prevention and Control: Provider-Oriented Interventions, Provider Reminders

These interventions use systematic reminders to improve providers’ delivery of weight management screening and treatment to their clients. The reminders can be delivered in several ways, such as using chart stickers, vital sign stamps, medical record flow sheets, checklists, or electronic alerts. The following provider behaviors are generally targeted for improvement:

  • Collection and recording of weight-related measures (e.g., weight, BMI)
  • Delivery of advice about weight loss
  • Efforts to assist clients in their weight loss attempts

Summary of Task Force Recommendations & Findings

The Community Preventive Services Task Force finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of provider reminders alone to prevent and control obesity among child, adolescent, or adult clients based on the small number of available studies and inconsistent outcomes.

Results from the Systematic Reviews

Only three studies addressing provider reminders (alone) qualified for this review, and they had inconsistent outcomes.

Economic efficiency is not reviewed for interventions for which there is insufficient evidence to determine effectiveness.

These results were based on a systematic review of all available studies, conducted on behalf of the Task Force by a team of specialists in systematic review methods, and in research, practice and policy related to obesity prevention and control.

Publications

The findings and results of this systematic review have not been published. Read other Community Guide publications about Obesity Prevention and Control in our library. You may also subscribe to be notified as new materials on this topic become available.



Disclaimer

The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC.

Sample Citation

The content of publications of the Guide to Community Preventive Services is in the public domain. Citation as to source, however, is appreciated. Sample citation: Guide to Community Preventive Services. Preventive Services. Obesity prevention and control: provider-oriented interventions, provider reminders. www.thecommunityguide.org/obesity/ProviderReminders.html. Last updated: MM/DD/YYYY.

Review completed: October 2007