Action APAC: Understanding Perceptions, Attitudes and Behaviours in Obesity and Its Management Across South and Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Tham, Kwang Wei, Ahmed, Asma, Boonyavarakul, Apussanee, Garcia, Mariana Mercado, Guajardo, Miroslava, Hanipah, Zubaidah Nor, Nam, Tran Quang, Nicodemus, Nemencio A., Pathan, Faruque, Romano, Jack Garcia Uranga, Soegonda, Sidartawan, Tolentino, Edgardo L., Unnikrishnan, Ambika Gopalakrishnan (A G), Oldfield, Brian J.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: adult; attitudes; cross-sectional study; health knowledge; obesity; weight loss; Diseases; Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; Medicine and Health Sciences; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/152; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/asmph-pubs/article/1156/viewcontent/Clinical_Obesity___2024___Tham___ACTION_APAC__Understanding_perceptions__attitudes_and_behaviours_in_obesity_and_its.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

To identify perceptions and attitudes among people with obesity (PwO) and healthcare professionals (HCPs) toward obesity and its management in nine Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted among adult PwO with self-reported body mass index of ≥25 kg/m2 (≥27 kg/m2,...