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Exploring nurses' knowledge and attitudes about children who are overweight/obese : a review of the literature

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Abstract

The study reviewed the published research on nurses' knowledge and attitudes about children who are overweight/obese. A literature search of research published in English between 2000 and 2016 was conducted in CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus and Google Scholar. A total of 5 papers met the inclusion criteria for this review with only one paper specifically discussing the attitudes of student nurses to childhood overweight/obesity. This review has shown that although there are very few articles on nurses' knowledge and attitudes to overweight/obese children, the papers included in the review demonstrate that nurses were generally lacking in knowledge about this issue.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)50-56
Number of pages7
JournalClinical Nursing Studies
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • nurses
  • obesity in children

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