Annual prevalence of the body mass index documentation in the <scp>UK</scp> primary care: A cross‐sectional study using <scp>IQVIA</scp> medical research data
Although fewer than half of adults had a BMI recorded in 2023, documentation rates were high among patients with chronic disease and multimorbidity. These findings suggest that BMI recording in UK primary care is targeted and clinically driven. and compares favourably with data from other European countries.
Authors
- Leeya F. Pinder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8929-7810)
- Marcel Konrad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6798-5092)
- Sarah Rickwood
- Karel Kostev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2124-7227)
Institutions
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management (DE)
- IQVIA (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70341
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00