Physician Health Counseling for Older Adults With Obesity in the United States, 2015-2019: An Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data

Obesity affects one-third of American adults aged ≥65 years. Despite the increasing uptake of prescription weight loss medications, physician provision of diet and exercise weight loss counseling and referrals benefits patients and improves health outcomes. To increase awareness about possible underuse of physician weight loss counseling and referrals, we used nationally representative data to examine their rates in older adults with obesity.