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
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- high fat diet induced
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- public health
- randomized controlled trial
- emergency department
- primary care
- mental health
- health information
- palliative care
- physical activity
- affordable care act
- chronic pain
- quality improvement
- body mass index
- skeletal muscle
- climate change
- virtual reality
- hepatitis c virus