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Primary care physicians overwhelmingly support integrating nutrition counseling training and practice-based tools (such as BMI reporting on scales and in charts) to improve obesity care, with nutritionists/dietitians identified as the most qualified providers for weight management.
Healthcare systems should equip primary care physicians with automated BMI reporting tools and integrate nutritionists or dietitians into the care team. Physicians should receive specific training in nutrition counseling to effectively support patients in weight management.
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Primary care physicians overwhelmingly supported additional training (such as nutrition counselling) and practice-based changes (such as having scales report body mass index) to help them improve their obesity care. They also identified nutritionists/dietitians as the most qualified providers to care for obese patients.
Why this rating
Cross-sectional survey of physician perspectives; reflects perceived need and attitudes rather than clinical outcome data.
Source
National survey of US primary care physicians’ perspectives about causes of obesity and solutions to improve care
Sara N. Bleich et al. · BMJ Open · 2012
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001871
cross_sectional · n=500Cited 113×
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