The impact of a health professional recommendation on weight loss attempts in overweight and obese British adults: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

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 ≥25 kg/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

SUBMITTER: Jackson SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3822310 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature