Health literacy and obesity: A systematic scoping review

IF 7.4 2区医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Obesity Reviews Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI:10.1111/obr.13904

Ashleigh Upton, Dean Spirou, Matthew Craig, Natalie Saul, Olivia Winmill, Phillipa Hay, Jayanthi Raman

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Abstract

Obesity is a preventable global health epidemic that has serious health consequences. Health literacy has been identified as an underlying and modifiable factor in the development and maintenance of obesity. Adequate levels of health literacy have been shown to significantly impact on weight loss, weight loss maintenance, and associated health outcomes.

Objective

The aim of the current study was to systematically review extant literature to evaluate the way in which health literacy is measured for individuals with obesity and to identify the key areas of health literacy that are commonly assessed.

Method

This systematic scoping review was conducted over five databases and yielded 12 papers (N_participants = 15,393) that represented our search strategy and inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Results

The review highlighted there are currently multiple measures that exist that assess independent or dual domains of health literacy; however, there were no studies that specifically utilized a measure that holistically assessed the three maintaining and modifiable domains of health literacy of obesity (psychological knowledge, nutritional knowledge, and knowledge about physical activity).

Conclusion

Given the dearth of targeted health literacy measures for obesity, our findings highlighted a critical need to develop a distinct measure of health literacy for obesity to guide policy, research, education, and intervention.

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健康素养与肥胖：一项系统的范围审查。

肥胖是一种可预防的全球性健康流行病，具有严重的健康后果。健康素养已被确定为肥胖发展和维持的潜在和可改变的因素。足够的健康知识水平已被证明对减肥、维持减肥和相关的健康结果有显著影响。目的：本研究的目的是系统地回顾现有文献，以评估衡量肥胖个体健康素养的方式，并确定通常评估的健康素养的关键领域。方法：该系统的范围综述在5个数据库中进行，并产生了12篇论文（n参与者= 15,393），这些论文代表了我们的搜索策略和纳入和排除标准。结果：该综述强调，目前存在多种评估健康素养独立或双重领域的措施；然而，没有研究专门利用一种措施，全面评估肥胖健康素养的三个维持和可改变的领域（心理知识、营养知识和体育活动知识）。结论：鉴于缺乏针对肥胖的有针对性的健康素养措施，我们的研究结果强调，迫切需要制定一种针对肥胖的独特健康素养措施，以指导政策、研究、教育和干预。

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来源期刊

Obesity Reviews 医学-内分泌学与代谢

CiteScore

19.30

自引率

1.10%

发文量

130

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： Obesity Reviews is a monthly journal publishing reviews on all disciplines related to obesity and its comorbidities. This includes basic and behavioral sciences, clinical treatment and outcomes, epidemiology, prevention and public health. The journal should, therefore, appeal to all professionals with an interest in obesity and its comorbidities. Review types may include systematic narrative reviews, quantitative meta-analyses and narrative reviews but all must offer new insights, critical or novel perspectives that will enhance the state of knowledge in the field. The editorial policy is to publish high quality peer-reviewed manuscripts that provide needed new insight into all aspects of obesity and its related comorbidities while minimizing the period between submission and publication.