Knowledge and attitudes of physiotherapy students towards obesity

A Awotidebe, JS Phillips - South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2009 - sajp.co.za
Obesity has been recognised as a risk factor for non-communicable diseases, with more
than one billion adults worldwide who are overweight, of which approximately 300 million
are obese. Obesity puts an individual in danger of a shorter life expectancy and at risk for
developing chronic diseases of life style, which includediabetes, cardio vascular disease
and musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis and back pain. Wide spread negative
attitudes towards obese people have been observed which are equally prevalent among …

Knowledge and attitudes of physiotherapy students towards obesity

J Phillips, A Awotidebe - 2009 - uwcscholar.uwc.ac.za
Obesity has been recognised as a risk factor for non-communicable diseases, with more
than one billion adults worldwide who are overweight, of which approximately 300 million
are obese. Obesity puts an individual in danger of a shorter life expectancy and at risk for
developing chronic diseases of lifestyle, which include diabetes, cardiovascular disease and
musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis and back pain. Widespread negative attitudes
towards obese people have been observed which are equally prevalent among health care …
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