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French pediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs towards and practices in the management of weight problems in children

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  • Franc, Carine
  • Van Gerwen, Maaike
  • Le Vaillant, Marc
  • Rosman, Sophia
  • Pelletier-Fleury, Nathalie

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A representative sample of 611 French pediatricians was interviewed on their knowledge, attitudes, beliefs towards and practices regarding childhood obesity through a 39-item Likert format questionnaire. A vast majority of the respondents regarded obesity as an illness (86.4%), 70.2% were aware that without any treatment an obese child has a high risk to remain obese in adulthood, 84% reported that managing obesity is part of their responsibility in the routine practice and 89.3% affirmed to systematically inform parents of obese children on health risks associated with obesity. At the same time, 82.4% were convinced that managing obesity is bound to fail and only 46.5% that it is professionally gratifying. However, doctors who followed a vocational training dedicated to obesity felt themselves more efficient in managing childhood obesity (pÂ

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  • Franc, Carine & Van Gerwen, Maaike & Le Vaillant, Marc & Rosman, Sophia & Pelletier-Fleury, Nathalie, 2009. "French pediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs towards and practices in the management of weight problems in children," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(2), pages 195-203, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:91:y:2009:i:2:p:195-203
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