2.1. Participant eligibility and recruitment
BLIND
Potential participants were initially identified through a Carilion Clinic electronic health records (EHR) query of primary care patients between January 2014 and August 2015 (Individuals were eligible if they were 18 years of age or older with a BMI of at least 25 kg/mPrior to the baseline visit, the project manager created sealed opaque envelopes with group assignment information according to the blocked (groups of 4) randomization table stratified by gender created by the study statistician to blind research staff to intervention assignment. Informed consent procedures were initiated during the screening telephone call with participants receiving the informed consent 