Background: There is increasing recognition that health care professionals often fail to
provide meaningful obesity care in routine clinical practice. There is scant information on …

Background Obesity is a pressing public health concern, which frequently presents in
primary care. With the explosive obesity epidemic, there is an urgent need to maximize …

Increasingly, research is directed at advancing methods to address obesity management in
primary care. In this paper we describe the role of interdisciplinary collaboration, or lack …

Purpose: Both providers and patients may have important insights to inform the development
of obesity prevention and management services in Canadian primary care settings. In this …

Aim. This paper is a report of a study to investigate patterns of clinical practice, beliefs and
attitudes of primary care nurses with respect to obesity management. Background. Nurses in …

The 5As T eam study was designed to create, implement and evaluate a flexible intervention
to improve the quality and quantity of weight management visits in primary care. The …

Despite several clinical practice guidelines, there remains a considerable gap in prevention
and management of obesity in primary care. To address the need for changing provider …

Background Obesity management in primary care has been suboptimal due to lack of
access to allied health professionals, time, and resources. Purpose To understand the …

What is already known about this subject Obesity counselling in primary care is positively
associated with self‐reported behaviour change in patients with obesity. Obesity counselling …

Background. Nurses in primary care, who see a large proportion of the population, are well
placed to discuss weight with patients and offer management advice. Interventions to …