ArticleJournal of eating disorders2024
An exploratory examination of medical and nursing students' intentions to discuss body image, weight, and eating disorders with their patients.
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- Body Weight Perception and Eating Attitudes Among Polish Midwives with Overweight and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Eating disorders symptoms and associated risk factors among medical students in France: a nationwide cross-sectional study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough many people have concerns about their body image, weight, and eating behaviors these issues are not usually discussed in a productive manner with medical providers. Thus, we examined nursing and medical students' willingness to discuss patients' weight, body image, and eating disorders and reasons why they may do so.
methodOne hundred and eighty-three nursing and medical students (M
resultsCoding of qualitative data indicated that nursing and medical students were "sometimes" willing to discuss prospective patients' weight, body image, and eating disorders, especially if a health concern was evident. Nursing students seemed somewhat more willing to discuss weight issues than medical students and willingness to discuss one of these issues (e.g., body image) was positively associated with willingness discuss the others. Plans for future discussions of body image and weight were marginally associated with personal experiences of weight stigma. The majority of participants indicated that BMI was not a valid measure of health.
conclusionsTaken together, findings suggest that future providers' conversations with patients about these sensitive topics are less likely to be associated with their own experiences and more with the relevance of these topics to specific patients.
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