ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2012
Impact of physician BMI on obesity care and beliefs.
Article in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04222894 (Hospital Workplace Nutrition Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 77 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Hospital Workplace Nutrition Study (Sibley Memorial Hospital)
Who cites it
77 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 207 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Online Lifestyle Modification Intervention: Survey of Primary Care Providers' Attitudes and Views.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- Effect of an obesity best practice alert on physician documentation and referral practices.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Trial
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- Do doctors know that it takes more than an apple a day? Impact of formal nutrition training on family medicine residents' nutrition knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and counselling abilities: a single site study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Influence of GPs' unhealthy lifestyle on patients' adherence to lifestyle recommendations: a cross-sectional study in Belgian primary care.BJGP open · 2025Article
- Factors Affecting the Unconscious Bias of Healthcare Professionals in Obesity Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Self-perceived nutrition competence of primary care physicians in Singapore: a cross-sectional study.Primary health care research & development · 2025Article
- Unhealthy Eating Habits and Determinants of Diet Quality in Primary Healthcare Professionals in Poland: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Fast-Food Outlets in Hospitals Affiliated With U.S. Medical Schools.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Article
- Exercise and Dietary Recommendations for Women with Chronic Pain: What's Weight and Race Got To Do with It?The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Exercise Is a Vital Sign.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2024Review
- "Zoom"ing to the Kitchen: A Novel Approach to Virtual Nutrition Education for Medical Trainees.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Healthy lifestyle counseling, and barriers perceived by general practitioners in Poland.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Obesogenic Environment in the medical field: First year findings from a five-year cohort study.F1000Research · 2023Article
17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Using a national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary care physicians conducted between 9 February and 1 March 2011, the objective of this study was to assess the impact of physician BMI on obesity care, physician self-efficacy, perceptions of role-modeling weight-related health behaviors, and perceptions of patient trust in weight loss advice. We found that physicians with normal BMI were more likely to engage their obese patients in weight loss discussions as compared to overweight/obese physicians (30% vs. 18%, P = 0.010). Physicians with normal BMI had greater confidence in their ability to provide diet (53% vs. 37%, P = 0.002) and exercise counseling (56% vs. 38%, P = 0.001) to their obese patients. A higher percentage of normal BMI physicians believed that overweight/obese patients would be less likely to trust weight loss advice from overweight/obese doctors (80% vs. 69%, P = 0.02). Physicians in the normal BMI category were more likely to believe that physicians should model healthy weight-related behaviors-maintaining a healthy weight (72% vs. 56%, P = 0.002) and exercising regularly (73% vs. 57%, P = 0.001). The probability of a physician recording an obesity diagnosis (93% vs. 7%, P < 0.001) or initiating a weight loss conversation (89% vs. 11%, P ≤ 0.001) with their obese patients was higher when the physicians' perception of the patients' body weight met or exceeded their own personal body weight. These results suggest that more normal weight physicians provided recommended obesity care to their patients and felt confident doing so.
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