2025/02/10 by Adika Sen, Ka Ying Annie Ho, Annie Ka Ying Ho +2
Health Professions · Medicine · #Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention #Obesity and Health Practices #Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102377
openalex publication_date 2025/02/10 · crossref created 2025/02/10 · crossref issued 2025/03/01 · crossref published 2025/03/01 · crossref published-print 2025/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref deposited 2026/04/28 · crossref indexed 2026/07/28 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
BACKGROUND: Nurses are well-positioned to tackle obesity but literature on their roles remains unclear. PURPOSE: To present an overview of nurses' roles in preventing and managing excess weight among adults. METHODS: Following the Arksey and O'Malley methodology, 11 databases were searched from inception to September 2023. Eligibility screening showed good inter-rater reliability (κ=0.84). Articles were appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool and relevant data were charted. DISCUSSION: In total, 86 studies were included with 41.9% published in America and 3.5% and 26.7% of the studies addressing overweight and obesity management, respectively. Nurses acted as health advocates (100%), offered psychological support (54.7%), fostered collaboration and networks (48.8%), and facilitated interventions (9.3%) addressing intrapersonal, organizational, and community-level factors of the socioecological model. CONCLUSION: Further investigations into nurses' roles in the exclusive management of overweight and obesity are warranted. Focus on their contributions at the interpersonal and policy levels is also necessary.