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Patients' acceptance of obesity as a chronic disease: a qualitative study in Lebanon.
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- Counseling patients through an obesity diagnosis: a brief primer for healthcare providers.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Review
- Factors Associated with the Acceptance of Weight Loss Drugs Among Overweight and Obese Adults in Mainland China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Attitudes towards different weight loss approaches among adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity.Patient education and counseling · 2025Article
- Characterizing obesity: A qualitative study.Obesity pillars · 2025Article
- Acceptance, knowledge, and attitude of family physicians towards obesity as a chronic disease: a multinational cross-sectional study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Interest in Weight Loss Methods Among Adults and Its Predictors: Sociodemographic Factors, Anthropometric Parameters, and Physical Activity.International journal of health policy and management · 2025Article
- Content analysis of social media regarding obesity as a chronic disease.PeerJ. Computer science · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study explores patients' acceptance of obesity as a chronic disease.
designCross-sectional, qualitative study using semistructured phone interviews.
settingThe study was conducted in specialty and primary care clinics from a single central tertiary hospital in Lebanon. Recruitment took place between February and March 2021. PARTICIPANTS AND
methods25 adult patients with overweight or obesity were interviewed and the interviews were analysed thematically.
resultsFour themes emerged: (1) patients' knowledge and awareness of obesity are based on their own experience; (2) there is ambivalence or conditional acceptance of obesity as a chronic disease; and patients with overweight or obesity perceived (3) that the role of physicians in obesity management is related to complications and (4) that obesity management is as simple as eating less and exercising more.
conclusionsThe study shows the studied population's ambivalence in accepting obesity as a chronic disease. Individuals with overweight or obesity considered the role of the healthcare professional in obesity conditional on morbid obesity and the presence of medical complications of obesity. Findings of this study advocate for educational campaigns about the nature of obesity as a chronic disease and the role of healthcare professionals in obesity management.
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