Clinical Preventive Services - Screening -
Metabolic, Nutritional, and Environmental Disorders -

• The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen all adult patients for obesity and offer intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to promote sustained weight loss for obese adults. (B Recommendation).
   
• The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against the use of moderate- or low-intensity counseling together with behavioral interventions to promote sustained weight loss in obese adults. (I Recommendation).
   
• The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against the use of counseling of any intensity and behavioral interventions to promote sustained weight loss in overweight adults. (I Recommendation).

To refer to the Clinical Interventions or view the complete entry for this topic, see the USPSTF site