Healthcare provider counselling for weight management behaviours among adults with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if adults with overweight or obesity received counselling from their healthcare providers (HCPs) to lose weight and/or adopt healthful behaviours associated with weight loss, and whether they took action on their HCPs' recommendations.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of 2011-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data.

Sample

NHANES respondents aged 18+ who were overweight/obese and had seen an HCP in the previous 12 months (n=13 158).

Methods

Respondents reported if their HCPs recommended they control/lose weight, increase exercise/physical activity (PA) and/or reduce fat/calorie intake, and if they adopted the offered recommendation(s). Weighted logistic regression models examined receipt of HCP counselling by s

SUBMITTER: Greaney ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684803 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature