Abstract
Copyright: © 2014 Mahmood S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Although healthcare professionals (HCPs) are expected to be role models for the general population in term of healthy weight and health behaviours, they do not always set a good example. Evidence suggests that HCPs are gaining weight like the general population [1-3]. A study from the US showed that 40% of the paediatricians were overweight or obese [4] whereas a study conducted among Mexican physicians reported a higher (74%) proportion of physicians as either overweight or obese [5]. Similarly studies conducted among nurses have also highlighted the burden of obesity [6,7]. A study from the UK setting reported 39.8% obesity among nurses [6] whereas a 82.4% prevalence was reported among nurses in Tonga [7].
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