Attitude and Belief of Healthcare Professionals Towards Effective Obesity Care and Perception of Barriers; An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Mohammad Ebrahim KhamsehZahra EmamiAida IranpourReyhaneh MahmoodianErfan AmoueiAdnan TizmaghzYousef MoradiHamid Reza BaradaranPublished in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2023)
Although the majority of health care professionals consider obesity as a serious disease which has a large impact on overall health, counseling for lifestyle modification, pharmacologic or surgical intervention occur in almost half of the visits. Increasing the length of physician visits as well as tailoring appropriate training programs could improve health care for obesity.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- randomized controlled trial
- emergency department
- mental health
- palliative care
- skeletal muscle
- smoking cessation
- health information
- quality improvement
- risk assessment
- pain management
- human health
- health insurance
- health promotion