Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-09T12:27:20 RDF description of Knowledge of energy balance guidelines and associated clinical care practices: the U.S. National Survey of Energy Balance Related Care Among Primary Care Physicians - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19740 Obesity 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.05.005 Preventive Medicine 1 Primary Health Care 55 15675 Socioeconomic Factors <p>OBJECTIVE: To assess primary care physicians' (PCPs) knowledge of energy balance related guidelines and the association with sociodemographic characteristics and clinical care practices. METHOD: As part of the 2008 U.S. nationally representative National Survey of Energy Balance Related Care among Primary Care Physicians (EB-PCP), 1776 PCPs from four specialties who treated adults (n=1060) or children and adolescents (n=716) completed surveys on sociodemographic information, knowledge of energy balance guidelines, and clinical care practices. RESULTS: EB-PCP response rate was 64.5%. For PCPs treating children, knowledge of guidelines for healthy BMI percentile, physical activity, and fruit and vegetables intake was 36.5%, 27.0%, and 62.9%, respectively. For PCPs treating adults, knowledge of guidelines for overweight, obesity, physical activity, and fruit and vegetables intake was 81.4%, 81.3%, 70.9%, and 63.5%, respectively. Generally, younger, female physicians were more likely to exhibit correct knowledge. Knowledge of weight-related guidelines was associated with assessment of body mass index (BMI) and use of BMI-for-age growth charts. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of energy balance guidelines among PCPs treating children is low, among PCPs treating adults it appeared high for overweight and obesity-related clinical guidelines and moderate for physical activity and diet, and was mostly unrelated to clinical practices among all PCPs.<p> Diet document-rn19740 Physician's Practice Patterns public 25930 Practice Guidelines Family Practice Knowledge of energy balance guidelines and associated clinical care practices: the U.S. National Survey of Energy Balance Related Care Among Primary Care Physicians Physical Activity