Do physician beliefs about causes of obesity translate into actionable issues on which physicians counsel their patients?

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• 作者：Sara N. Bleich^a ; ^{sbleich@jhsph.edu} ; Kimberly A. Gudzune^b ; ^{kgudzun1@jhu.edu} ; Wendy L. Bennett^b ; ^c ; ^{wbennet5@jhmi.edu} ; Lisa A. Cooper^b ; ^d ; ^{lisa.cooper@jhmi.edu}
• 关键词：Obesity ; Physician beliefs ; Nutrition counseling
• 刊名：Preventive Medicine
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：May, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：56
• 期：5
• 页码：326-328
• 全文大小：145 K

文摘

ass=""h4"">Objective

To describe the relationship between primary care physicians' (PCPs') beliefs about the causes of obesity with the frequency of nutritional counseling.

ass=""h4"">Methods

We analyzed a national cross-sectional internet-based survey of 500 US PCPs collected between February and March 2011.

ass=""h4"">Results

PCPs that identified overconsumption of food as a very important cause of obesity had significantly greater odds of counseling patients to reduce portion sizes (OR 3.40; 95 % CI: 1.73-6.68) and to avoid high calorie ingredients when cooking (OR 2.16; 95 % CI: 1.07-4.33). Physicians who believed that restaurant/fast food eating was a very important cause of obesity had significantly greater odds of counseling patients to avoid high calorie menu items outside the home (OR 1.93; 95 % CI: 1.20-3.11). Physicians who reported that sugar-sweetened beverages were a very important cause of obesity had significantly greater odds of counseling their obese patients to reduce consumption (OR 5.99; 95 % CI: 3.53-10.17).

ass=""h4"">Conclusions

PCP beliefs about the diet-related causes of obesity may translate into actionable nutritional counseling topics for physicians to use with their patients.