Physician Characteristics Associated With Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Counseling Practices

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Health Promot
• Personal Author:
  VanFrank, Brenna K. ; Park, Sohyun ; Foltz, Jennifer L. ; McGuire, Lisa C. ; Harris, Diane M.
• Description:
  Purpose
  
  Frequent sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption is associated with chronic disease. Although physician counseling can positively affect patient behavior, physicians' personal characteristics may influence counseling practices. We explored SSB-related topics physicians discuss when counseling overweight/obese patients and examined associations between physicians' SSB-related counseling practices and their personal and medical practice characteristics.
  
  Design
  
  Cross-sectional survey.
  
  Setting
  
  DocStyles survey, 2014.
  
  Participants
  
  A total of 1510 practicing US physicians.
  
  Measures
  
  Physician's SSB counseling on calories, added sugars, obesity/weight gain, health effects, consumption frequency, water substitution, and referral.
  
  Analysis
  
  Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) were calculated with multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for physician's personal and medical practice characteristics.
  
  Results
  
  Most physicians (98.5%) reported SSB-related counseling. The most reported topic was obesity/weight gain (81.4%); the least reported were added sugars (53.1%) and referral (35.0%). Physicians in adult-focused specialties had lower odds than pediatricians of counseling on several topics (aOR range: 0.26-0.64). Outpatient physicians had higher odds than inpatient physicians of counseling on consumption frequency and water substitution (aOR range: 1.60-2.01). Physicians consuming SSBs ≥1 time/day (15.7%) had lower odds than nonconsumers of counseling on most topics (aOR range: 0.58-0.68).
  
  Conclusion
  
  Most physicians reported SSB-related counseling; obesity/weight gain was discussed most frequently. Counseling opportunities remain in other topic areas. Opportunities also exist to strengthen SSB counseling practices in adult-focused specialties, inpatient settings, and among physicians who consume SSBs daily.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Adult Attitude Of Health Personnel Beverages Carbonated Beverages Clinical Setting Counseling Cross-Sectional Studies Dietary Sucrose Female Humans Male Middle Aged Obesity Physicians Sugar-sweetened Beverage Sweetening Agents

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• Source:
  Am J Health Promot. 32(6):1365-1374
• Pubmed ID:
  27956472
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5612916
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b59290ef1a7130065c009df8c0977ea90a7226ca711bc6f991a170e944f41b26
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/48346/cdc_48346_DS1.pdf
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