Table 1 Barriers to healthy weight maintenance that primary care providers practicing at community health centers perceive their patient populations face

Individual

• Limited economic resources to access weight-loss refferals and healthy food options.

• Limited educational attainment and literacy levels.

• Lack of interest and motivation to lose weight and comply with clinical advice regarding weight loss.

Interpersonal

• Positive associations with larger body sizes and negative associations with smaller body sizes.

• Lack of awareness of overweight and obesity because of the high prevalence of these conditions within patient communities.

• Beliefs about hereditary or generational body types.

Community

• Limited availability of healthy foods.

• Southern food culture.