Journal
BMJ OPEN
Volume 3, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003693
Keywords
Weight Loss; Lose Weight; Health Professional Advice; Doctor Advice; Primary Care
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- UK Medical Research Council
- UK Economic and Social Research Council
- Cancer Research UK
- Cancer Research UK [14133] Funding Source: researchfish
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Objectives To examine the effect that health professional (HP) advice to lose weight has on overweight and obese adults' motivation to lose weight and attempts to lose weight. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Great Britain. Participants 810 overweight or obese (body mass index 25kg/m(2)) adults. Main outcome measures Participants were asked if they had ever received HP advice to lose weight and reported their desire to weigh less (ideal weight 95% of current weight) and whether they were attempting to lose weight. Results Only 17% of overweight and 42% of obese respondents recalled ever having received HP advice to lose weight. HP advice was associated with wanting to weigh less (89% vs 61% among those not receiving advice) and attempting to lose weight (68% vs 37%). In multivariable analyses, HP advice to lose weight was associated with increased odds of wanting to weigh less (OR=3.71, 95% CI 2.10 to 6.55) and attempting to lose weight (OR=3.53, 95% CI 2.44 to 5.10) independent of demographic characteristics and weight status. Conclusions HP advice to lose weight appears to increase motivation to lose weight and weight loss behaviour, but only a minority of overweight or obese adults receive such advice. Better training for HPs in delivering brief weight counselling could offer an opportunity to improve obese patients' motivation to lose weight.
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