Increase the proportion of health care visits by adults with obesity that include counseling on weight loss, nutrition, or physical activity — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Little or no detectable change

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Most Recent Data:
21.0 percent (2019) *

Target:
32.6 percent *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
24.8 percent of physician office visits made by adults with obesity included counseling or education related to weight reduction, nutrition, or physical activity in 2016 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Physician office visits by obese adults that include weight reduction, nutrition, or physical activity counseling, 2016-2019 ^* ^◊
(percent)

Increase desired

Population	2016	2018	2019
Total	24.8 CI 20.3 / 29.6 SE 2.800	19.6 CI 15.9 / 23.8 SE 2.365	21.0 CI 16.4 / 26.1 SE 2.820

Data Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), CDC/NCHS

Physician office visits by obese adults that include weight reduction, nutrition, or physical activity counseling by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

*: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "percent, 20+ years"

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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Increase the proportion of health care visits by adults with obesity that include counseling on weight loss, nutrition, or physical activity — NWS‑05 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

Physician office visits by obese adults that include weight reduction, nutrition, or physical activity counseling, 2016-2019 ^* ^◊
(percent)

Increase desired

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Increase the proportion of health care visits by adults with obesity that include counseling on weight loss, nutrition, or physical activity — NWS‑05 Data

Status: Little or no detectable change

Physician office visits by obese adults that include weight reduction, nutrition, or physical activity counseling, 2016-2019 * ◊ (percent) Increase desired

Physician office visits by obese adults that include weight reduction, nutrition, or physical activity counseling, 2016-2019 ^* ^◊
(percent)

Increase desired