Assessing Weight Bias Among Turkish Dietitians

Ezgi Bellikci Koyu

Status: Completed

Conditions: Weight Bias; Weight Stigma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06624111

1919B012005303

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study was to examine weight bias among Turkish dietitians. and to investigate the effect of the patient's weight status on the dietitian's assessment and dietetic practice.

Full description

The dietitians were randomly assigned to an online case study with lactose intolerance, with all patient information identical except for the patient's weight and photograph. In one case there was a photograph of a woman with obesity and in the other a woman of normal weight. The objective of the case study was to evaluate how the body weight of a patient who consulted a dietitian for a reason unrelated to the body weight affected professional practices.

Enrollment: 411 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dietitians working in Turkiye

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• breastfeeding

Trial design

411 participants in 2 patient groups

Picture belong to a patient with obesity

Description:

Dietitians were randomly assigned to a case study via SurveyMonkey. All the information (demographics, biochemical parameters and diet history physical activity level) about the cases was the same, only their weight and, therefore, their photographs were different. In this case there was a photograph of a woman with obesity

Picture belong to a patient with normal-weight

Description:

Dietitians were randomly assigned to a case study via SurveyMonkey. All the information (demographics, biochemical parameters and diet history physical activity level) about the cases was the same, only their weight and, therefore, their photographs were different. In this case there was a photograph of a woman with normal weight.