A new research study finds that when doctors tell patients living with obesity to lose weight the guidance they give is generally vague, superficial, and commonly not supported by scientific evidence. The study was published on December 13 in the journal Family Practice, by Oxford University Press.
When talking with obese patients, doctors often give vague and superficial guidance on losing weight that is commonly not supported by scientific evidence. This is according to a new research study that was published in the journalA new research study finds that when doctors tell patients living with obesity to lose weight the guidance they give is generally vague, superficial, and commonly not supported by scientific evidence.
The advice was mostly abstract or general. Superficial guidance, such as one doctor telling a patient to just “change their lifestyle a bit” was common. Doctors gave patients information on how to carry out their advice in only 20% of the consultations. They mostly offered weight loss guidance without any detail about how to follow it.
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