What this paper adds
7 in 10 nurses in Scotland are overweight or obese.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Scotland is
statistically significantly higher among nurses than other
healthcare professionals and individuals working in nonhealth
related occupations.
Interventions are urgently required to address worrying
levels of overweight and obesity among the Scottish
nursing workforce.
internationally ranges between 55% and 79%, although
estimates are drawn from non-representative samples
and no studies have compared overweight and obesity
prevalence among nurses to other healthcare professionals
using representative data.