Does Physician Weight Affect Perception of Health Advice?

Hash, Robert B.; Munna, Rana K.; Vogel, Robert L.; Bason, James J.

doi:10.1006/pmed.2002.1124

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“…23 In addition, patients of nonobese physicians have greater confidence in general health counseling and treatment of illness than those of obese physicians. 24 In this study, our goal was to objectively measure the amount of work-related PA among cardiovascular (CV) physicians and surgeons.…”

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Work‐Related Physical Activity Among Cardiovascular Specialists

Thura

Kobylivker

Perry

et al. 2012

Clinical Cardiology

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Background: Strong evidence supports positive correlation of physical activity with health benefits. Current recommendations by the American Heart Association are a minimum 30 minutes of moderate physical activity 5 days per week. This goal has been equilibrated with 10,000 steps per day. Hypothesis: Work-related physical activity of cardiovascular (CV) specialists does not meet the currently recommended daily physical activity. Methods: Eight cardiothoracic (CT) surgeons, 7 general cardiologists, 5 procedural cardiologists, and 8 cardiac anesthesiologists (N = 28) participated in the study. Demographic information on each participant was recorded including age, resting heart rate, body mass index, and medical and social history. Subjects were asked to wear a spring-levered pedometer on their hip for 2 weeks while at work and to record the total number of steps as well as number of hours worked each day. Results: The average daily steps walked during work were 6540, 6039, 5910, and 5553 for general cardiologists, CT surgeons, procedural cardiologists, and cardiac anesthesiologists, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences in the average number of steps taken per day among the groups. CT surgeons worked 12.4 hours per day compared to 9.3 hours by the cardiac anesthesiologists (P = 0.03). Conclusions: In this small, single-center study, work-related physical activity of CV specialists did not meet the recommended guidelines. Obtaining the recommended activity level might be a challenge, given their busy work schedule. Therefore, CV specialists must engage in additional, out-of-hours exercise to achieve the recommended daily exercise.

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Work‐Related Physical Activity Among Cardiovascular Specialists

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Perry

et al. 2012

Clinical Cardiology

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“…[1][2][3][4] The burden of overweight and obesity among men has ranged from 72.3% in years 2007-2008 to 73.9% in years 2009-2010 to 71.3% in the 2011-2012 time period. 4,5 For women, prevalence of overweight and obesity has varied from 64.1% to 65.8% to 63.7% in 2007-2008, 2009-2010, and 2011-2012, respectively.…”

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Facilitating Factors and Barriers to Weight Management in Women: Physician Perspectives

Walker¹,

Kusch²,

Fink³

et al. 2018

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

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Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews ( JPCRR) is a peerreviewed scientific journal whose mission is to communicate clinical and bench research findings, with the goal of improving the quality of human health, the care of the individual patient, and the care of populations. Recommended CitationWalker RE, Kusch J, Fink JT, Nelson DA, Morris G 3rd, Skalla J, Cisler RA. Facilitating factors and barriers to weight management in women: physician perspectives. J Patient Cent Res Rev. 2018;5:18-27. doi: 10.17294/2330-0698 4,5 For women, prevalence of overweight and obesity has varied from 64.1% to 65.8% to 63.7% in 2007-2008, 2009-2010, and 2011-2012, respectively. 4-6 Addressing overweight and obesity in both men and women has been a challenge for medical and public health practice, but perhaps more so in women given the race-by-sex differences observed for these conditions. 5,6 Using national data from 2011-2012, Ogden and colleagues reported age-adjusted overweight and obesity prevalence of 69.2%, 78.6%, PurposeThe complexity of addressing overweight and obesity in women has been an ongoing public health and health care challenge. While the mechanism for addressing overweight and obesity in women remains unclear, it has been speculated that disparities in overweight and obesity by race and gender contribute to the complexity. The purpose of the present study was to examine perceptions of primary care physicians when discussing weight management with their patients. MethodsWe conducted focus group discussions exploring facilitators and barriers to discussing weight management and weight loss among women patients. Participants included 18 family medicine and internal medicine physicians who were recruited using a snowball sampling technique from two large urban institutions. Focus group discussions were transcribed verbatim. Responses were then codified and analyzed in frequency of occurrence using specialized computer software. ResultsNine themes emerged from group discussions. These recurring themes reflected three overarching critical points: 1) potential utility of the primary care setting to address weight management; 2) the importance of positive patient-provider communication in supporting weight loss efforts; and 3) acknowledgement of motivation as intrinsic or extrinsic, and its role in obesity treatment. ConclusionsPhysician perceptions of their own lack of education or training and their inability to influence patient behaviors play crucial roles in discussing weight management with patients. (J Patient Cent Res Rev.

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“…Despite apparent agreement that expectancies based on behavioral cues are more influential and have greater predictive validity than expectancies founded on static sources of information, research has demonstrated the importance of static cues in impression formation. In both sport and nonsport settings, informational cues such as gender (Jacobs & Eccles, 1992), race (Jowett, Frost, & Timson-Katchis, 2006), and physique (Hash, Manna, Vogel, & Bason, 2003) have been shown to shape perceivers' expectancies of a target, suggesting that static cues might also influence expectancy formation.…”

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Athletes’ Perceived Use of Information Sources When Forming Initial Impressions and Expectancies of a Coach: An Explorative Study

Manley

Greenlees

Graydon

et al. 2008

The Sport Psychologist

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The study aimed to identify the sources of information that athletes perceive as influential during their initial evaluation of coaching ability. University athletes (N = 538) were asked to indicate the influence of 31 informational cues (e.g., gender, body language or gestures, reputation) on the initial impression formed of a coach. Following exploratory factor analysis, a 3-factor model (i.e., static cues, dynamic cues, and third-party reports) was extracted. Mean scores revealed that although static cues (e.g., gender, race or ethnicity) were rated as relatively unimportant during impression formation, dynamic cues (e.g., facial expressions, body language or gestures) and third-party reports (e.g., coaching qualifications, reputation) were viewed by athletes as influential factors in the formation of expectancies about coaches. Such findings have implications for the occurrence of expectancy effects in coach−athlete relationships and the way in which coaches seek to present themselves.

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Does Physician Weight Affect Perception of Health Advice?

Cited by 87 publications

References 19 publications

Work‐Related Physical Activity Among Cardiovascular Specialists

Work‐Related Physical Activity Among Cardiovascular Specialists

Facilitating Factors and Barriers to Weight Management in Women: Physician Perspectives

Athletes’ Perceived Use of Information Sources When Forming Initial Impressions and Expectancies of a Coach: An Explorative Study

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