Assessing patients' and GPs' ability to recognise overweight and obesity.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients' and GPs' perception of weight can often be inaccurate, with many not recognising overweight and obesity. Improvement in recognition of overweight and obesity may increase management and encourage early intervention to prevent disease associated with these weight problems. PMID: 27372964 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27372964?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - July 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Wong C, Harrison C, Bayram C, Miller G Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research