What advice do general practitioners give to people living with obesity to lose weight? A qualitative content analysis of recorded interactions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidelines recommend general practitioners (GPs) take every opportunity to talk to people living with obesity about their weight, and evidence shows even very brief advice is associated with weight loss. However, little is known about what GPs say when giving brief behavioural advice, and if it reflects evidence-based recommendations for people living with obesity. To understand what behavioural advice GPs give, we categorized the content and delivery of GPs' advice during brief interventions.

Methods

Qualitative content analysis was applied to 159 audio recordings of consultations from the Brief Interventions for Weight Loss (BWeL) trial, where GPs gave brief weight-loss advice to patients with a body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 (or ≥25 kg/m2 if Asian) in 137 UK surgeri

SUBMITTER: Tremblett M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745272 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature