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Primary Care Nursing Evidence-Based Nursing Patient-Centered Care Commentary on: Ryan et al, 2024 “Beyond the Scale”: A Qualitative Exploration of the Impact of Weight Stigma Experienced by Patients with Obesity in General Practice. General practice teams need training about the complex factors contributing to obesity, including weight-sensitive communication, to ensure people with obesity feel heard and to prevent staff from unintentionally promoting harmful eating behaviours.
2.4 Data analysis Electronic community health records clearly documented duration and frequency of visits for health staff by service. Home care PoC schedules were routinely summarized in local authority electronic records when starting or changing provision, providing robust timings. Thus, verified dose of care was calculated for each participant using frequency of contact by duration of contact giving a monthly dose of care (hours) by service (further detail is provided in ).
Summary Whilst previously rare, some surveys indicate substantial increases in the population with body mass index (BMI) ≥40 kg/m2 since the 1980s. Clinicians report emerging care challenges for this population, often with high resource demands. Accurate prevalence data, gathered using reliable methods, are needed to inform health care practice, planning, and research. We searched digitally for English language sources with measured prevalence data on adult BMI ≥40 collected since 2010.
Last year I attended the UK Congress on Obesity, the annual conference for the Association for the Study of Obesity. The programme was diverse – ranging from genetics to emotional overeating. As a practising district nurse, I noticed that an emerging population, increasingly prevalent on caseloads, was conspicuous by its absence: those who are morbidly obese (body mass index (BMI) ? 40kg/m2) and housebound.
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