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Clinician Counseling and Weight Loss Attempts Among Survivors of Obesity-Associated Cancers

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.33391

September 09, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study evaluates whether clinician counseling is associated with weight loss attempts among survivors of obesity-associated cancers and whether this differs from the general population with obesity.

Corresponding Author: Ryan Howard, MD, MS, DABOM, Department of Surgery, Section of General Surgery, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2924B Taubman Center, SPC 5331, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5331 (rhow@med.umich.edu).

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