Taxonomy 207QB0002X

Obesity Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician

293 active US providers register Obesity Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.00% of every provider in the registry, and the 564th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.

Taxonomy code: 207QB0002X
Grouping: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Classification: Family Medicine
Specialization: Obesity Medicine
Active providers: 293
States covered: 42 of 51

What the code means

A physician who specializes in the treatment of obesity demonstrates competency in and a thorough understanding of the treatment of obesity and the genetic, biologic, environmental, social, and behavioral factors that contribute to obesity. The obesity medicine physician employs therapeutic interventions including diet, physical activity, behavioral change, and pharmacotherapy. The obesity medicine physician utilizes a comprehensive approach, and may include additional resources such as dietitians, exercise physiologists, mental health professionals and bariatric surgeons as indicated to achieve optimal results. Additionally, the obesity medicine physician maintains competency in providing pre- peri- and post-surgical care of bariatric surgery patients, promotes the prevention of obesity, and advocates for those who suffer from obesity.

Definition quoted verbatim from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 25.1. Not paraphrased.

Where they are

Counted by practice location, not by mailing address or by licence state. A provider practising across a state line is counted where they practise.

State	Providers	Share
California	29
Florida	28
Texas	24
Pennsylvania	22
Virginia	21
North Carolina	16
New Jersey	9
Connecticut	9
New York	8
Illinois	8
Missouri	8
Indiana	7
South Carolina	6
Massachusetts	6
Minnesota	6

Showing the 15 largest of 42 states with at least one.

Who registers under this code

145 of these are people and 148 are organisations, so 51% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2013, and 57 registered in the last five years, 19% of the current population.

That is close to the pace of the registry as a whole.

Where the practices are

By practice-location city. City counts are noisier than state counts, because a large employer files one address for many providers.

CHARLOTTE, NC5
JACKSONVILLE, FL5
FAIRFAX, VA4
SEATTLE, WA3
HOUSTON, TX3
LYNCHBURG, VA3
ALLENTOWN, PA3
MARIETTA, GA3
FLOURTOWN, PA3
SAN ANTONIO, TX3

What else they list

Providers whose primary code is Obesity Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician most often carry these secondary taxonomies as well. This is the closest thing the registry has to a map of which specialties overlap in practice, and it is not published anywhere else.

Also listed	Providers	Share
Family Medicine Physician	103	35.2%
Obesity Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician	15	5.1%
Registered Dietitian	11	3.8%
Emergency Medicine Physician	8	2.7%
Obesity Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician	8	2.7%
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	8	2.7%
Family Nurse Practitioner	7	2.4%
Surgery Physician	6	2.0%

Nearby specialties

Other taxonomies NUCC files under Family Medicine.

Looking up a specific provider

These counts come from the monthly NPPES file. To check one provider, use their NPI: the lookup reads the live registry and shows whether the identifier is still active, which the monthly file cannot tell you about the last few weeks.

Counts from npidata_pfile_20050523-20260712.csv, built 2026-08-09. Primary taxonomy only, deactivated identifiers excluded.