Observational studyJournal of diabetes investigation2021
Perceptions, attitudes and barriers to obesity management: Japanese data from the ACTION-IO study.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical and Humanistic Burden of Adult Obesity in Asia-Pacific: A Systematic Literature Review.Advances in therapy · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Anti-Obesity Medications Among Adult East Asian People with Obesity: A Systematic Literature Review and Indirect Treatment Comparison.Advances in therapy · 2024Pooled it
- Obesity in South and Southeast Asia-A new consensus on care and management.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023Guideline
- Exploring the impact of adult obesity in Spain: Insights from a systematic literature review.Obesity pillars · 2026Review
- Trends in Diagnosing Obesity: The CALOR Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Article
- Characterizing obesity: A qualitative study.Obesity pillars · 2025Article
- Perceptions, Attitudes, Behaviours and Barriers in Obesity Care: Findings from the ACTION-Vietnam Study.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2025Article
- Telemedicine Booths for Screening Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Prospective Multicenter Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Perceptions, attitudes, and management of obesity in East Asians vs global: A pooled analysis of the ACTION IO survey.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2025Article
- ACTION Malaysia-perception and barriers to obesity management among people with obesity and healthcare professionals in Malaysia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Weightism in Asia: A Narrative Review and Implications for Practice.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2024Review
- The Clínica Universidad de Navarra-Body Adiposity Estimator index is a reliable tool for screening metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: an analysis from a gender perspective.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Article
- ACTION-FRANCE: Insights into Perceptions, Attitudes, and Barriers to Obesity Management in France.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Healthcare professionals' perceptions and management of obesity & knowledge of glucagon, GLP-1, GIP receptor agonists, and dual agonists.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Trends of HbA1c and BMI in People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Japanese Claims-Based Study.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2024Article
- Does the Prevalence of Obesity in the Different Regions of Spain Influence the Attitudes, Perception, and Barriers to Its Treatment?Obesity facts · 2024Article
- The perceptions of healthcare practitioners on obesity management in Peninsular Malaysia: a cross-sectional survey.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Young Japanese Underweight Women with "Cinderella Weight" Are Prone to Malnutrition, including Vitamin Deficiencies.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Perceptions, attitudes and barriers to obesity management: Japanese data from the ACTION-IO study.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2021Observational
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Abstract
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introductionThe prevalence of obesity is rising in Japan and represents a considerable unmet medical need. The Awareness, Care and Treatment in Obesity MaNagement - International Observation (ACTION-IO) study was designed to identify the perceptions, attitudes and barriers to obesity care among people with obesity (PwO) and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in Japan. MATERIALS AND
methodsAn online, cross-sectional survey was carried out in 11 countries, including Japan.
resultsThe survey was completed by 2,001 PwO and 302 HCPs in Japan. Fewer PwO (58%) than HCPs (85%) perceived obesity as a chronic disease. Most PwO (81%) thought that weight loss was their own responsibility, and waited a considerable time before seeking support from their HCP (mean 6 years). Most PwO (64%) had made one or more serious weight loss attempt in the past. In contrast, a serious attempt at losing weight was reported by HCPs for just 21% of their patients. Just 24% of PwO had weight discussions with an HCP in the past 5 years; of those, 56% expressed positive feelings after such a conversation, and just 2% felt offended. Lack of patient motivation (68%) and patient disinterest (61%) were reported by HCPs as barriers to weight management conversations. A higher proportion of obesity specialists (37%) than non-specialists (22%) thought their patients were motivated to lose weight.
conclusionsOur Japanese dataset shows a need to raise awareness of the pathophysiological basis and clinical management of obesity among PwO and HCPs. The largely positive feelings expressed by PwO after weight loss conversations should encourage HCPs to initiate earlier discussions before obesity-related complications occur.
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