ArticleObesity surgery2022
Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Obesity and its Management in Migrants and Rural Residents in China: a Cross-sectional Pilot Study.
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- Weight loss dietary knowledge, attitudes, and practices among different body weight groups in Northeast China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Obesity-related knowledge, attitude, and practices among primary care physicians in China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe incidence of overweight and obesity in rural-to-urban migrants and rural residents is increasing rapidly. This study aims to explore the perceptions and attitudes toward obesity and its management among rural-urban migrants and rural residents who are left in rural regions, China.
methodsWe performed a cross-sectional survey investigating migrants and rural residents aged 18-45 in China from October to November 2020. We created a questionnaire. Two hundred five questionnaires were completed.
resultsFinally, 184 were included, of which 102 were migrants and 82 were non-migrants. More respondents were male (62%). There was no significant difference in BMI between the two groups. The migrants had good knowledge about obesity as a disease (75.5%) and agreed that obesity seriously threatens health (93.1%). It is worth noting that more non-migrant group believed that obesity was due to a lack of willpower (87.3% vs. 54.9%, p = 0.000) than the migrant group. More than half in both groups believed that obesity was caused by a bad lifestyle (69.6%) or addiction to food (58.7%). Half of the participants believed that biological factors caused obesity. Most participants in both groups still believed weight loss modalities were limited to exercise and diet while having extremely poor acceptance of pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery.
conclusionsThis study found that the migrants and rural residents had a good understanding of obesity as a disease, and better among migrants than rural residents. However, they showed significant uncertainty and misconceptions about the efficacy and safety of pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery.
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