What is already known about the topic?
Nurses are at the forefront of addressing the global
obesity pandemic through their role in health promotion.
Nurses’ health related behaviours are known to influence
the extent to which nurses engage in health promotion
and the public’s confidence in advice and interventions
offered.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses
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.