title: The value of health and weight loss among primary care patients with moderate to severe obesity: Do quality of life factors have a larger influence than comorbidities?
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: cwee@bidmc.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Christina C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wee
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Mary B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Hamel
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Karen W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Huskey
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Roger B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006262:Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult