| Title |
The role of the General Practitioner in weight management in primary care – a cross sectional study in General Practice
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Primary Care, December 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2296-9-66 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marlene Tham, Doris Young |
| Abstract |
Obesity has become a global pandemic, considered the sixth leading cause of mortality by the WHO. As gatekeepers to the health system, General Practitioners are placed in an ideal position to manage obesity. Yet, very few consultations address weight management. This study aims to explore reasons why patients attending General Practice appointments are not engaging with their General Practitioner (GP) for weight management and their perception of the role of the GP in managing their weight. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 81 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 76 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 32% |
| Psychology | 10 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 22 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 July 2014.
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#4,370,146
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Outputs from BMC Primary Care
#604
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#23,400
of 181,285 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Primary Care
#1
of 4 outputs
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