Scenario: For this assignment, you will imagine that you are a health care provider trying to decide whether you should refer overweight patients for behavioral weight-loss interventions. Take the following steps to make your decision.

PICO frame work

a) Problem and population: What is the clinical problem (e.g., specific disease or health condition) that you are hoping to address? What is your population of interest? b) Intervention: What intervention are you considering as a method to address your clinical problem in your population of interest? c) Comparison: What is the alternative to the intervention being considered? d) Outcome: What are you trying to accomplish, measure, improve or affect