Physician counseling of young adults with rapid weight gain: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 Physician diet and exercise counseling by presence or absence of weight gain documentation

Counseling category [n (%)]	Total (n = 90)	Documentation of weight gain* (n = 9)	No documentation of weight gain (n = 81)	P value^†
Weight specific counseling	5 (6%)	3 (33%)	2 (2%)	0.002
General diet and exercise counseling	32 (36%)	4 (44%)	28 (34%)
No active counseling	53 (59%)	2 (22%)^‡	51 (63%)

* This category includes individuals with documentation of weight gain as an encounter diagnosis (n = 3) or documentation within the note text (n = 6).
^† P value was computed using Fisher's Exact test to evaluate the association between diagnosis of weight gain and counseling category.
^‡ Of note, the two individuals categorized in this cell had BMIs of 18-19 at the time of weight gain diagnosis.

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