The essential role of primary care providers in obesity management

Leah D Whigham¹, Sarah E Messiah^{2

3}, Bijal A Balasubramanian^{2

4}, Nikhil V Dhurandhar⁵

Affiliations

¹ Center for Community Health Impact and Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA. Leah.D.Whigham@uth.tmc.edu.
² Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
³ Center for Pediatric Population Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁴ UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA. nikhil.dhurandhar@ttu.edu.

Review

Leah D Whigham et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;47(4):249-250.

doi: 10.1038/s41366-023-01268-7. Epub 2023 Feb 15.

Leah D Whigham¹, Sarah E Messiah^{2

3}, Bijal A Balasubramanian^{2

4}, Nikhil V Dhurandhar⁵

¹ Center for Community Health Impact and Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA. Leah.D.Whigham@uth.tmc.edu.
² Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
³ Center for Pediatric Population Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁴ UTHealth Houston Institute for Implementation Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA. nikhil.dhurandhar@ttu.edu.

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