Obesity, weight loss, and physician's advice
Abstract
Despite the increasing prevalence and economic costs of obesity in the USA, many physicians and other health care professionals do not advise their overweight and obese patients about weight loss. Using the 2001-2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data the purpose of our research is to investigate the relationship between individuals' receipt of physician's advice on weight loss and their tendency to eat fewer calories and fat or to use physical activity to lose weight. We find that physician's advice to lose weight has positive effects on both the probability of eating fewer calories and fat to lose weight and on the probability of using exercise to lose weight.
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Few health professionals routinely give weight loss advice.
“However, few health professionals routinely give weight loss advice,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11”
From A brief intervention for weight control based on habit-formation theory delivered through primary care: results from a randomised controlled trial (2017) · cites this paper as [9]
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- Authors
- Loureiro, M. L., & Nayga, R. M.
- Affiliations
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nayga, Rodolfo M.
- ORCID
- Nayga, Rodolfo M.
- Venue
- Social Science & Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-05
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2458-2468
- ISSN
- 0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2153386363
- Cited by
- 153
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- obesity, weight loss, physician recommendations, overweight, dietary fat intake, energy intake, physical activity, health behavior, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- MeSH terms
- Counseling, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Physician-Patient Relations, United States, Weight Loss, Health Care Surveys, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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