The impact of a health professional recommendation on weight loss attempts in overweight and obese British adults: a cross-sectional analysis
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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 to lose weight (68% vs 37%). In multivariable analyses, HP advice to lose weight was associated with increased odds of wanting to weigh less (OR=3.71, 95% CI 2.10 to 6.55) and attempting to lose weight (OR=3.53, 95% CI 2.44 to 5.10) independent of demographic characteristics and weight status. Conclusions: HP advice to lose weight appears to increase motivation to lose weight and weight loss behaviour, but only a minority of overweight or obese adults receive such advice. Better training for HPs in delivering brief weight counselling could offer an opportunity to improve obese patients’ motivation to lose weight.
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- Authors
- Jackson, S. E., Wardle, J., Johnson, F., Finer, N., & Beeken, R. J.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Bariatric Medicine and Surgery, University College London Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, UK
- Corresponding author
- Beeken, Rebecca J
- Venue
- BMJ Open
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2013-11
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- e003693
- ISSN
- 2044-6055 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3822310
- OpenAlex
- W2164156437
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 20.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- BMJ Open (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Cancer Research UK (14133)
- Medical Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Keywords
- provider recommendation, weight loss, obesity, overweight, weight loss motivation, health professions education, ideal body weight, UK adults
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