Review of Current Primary Care Physician Attitudes and Practices in Obesity Counseling and Potential Resources Relevant to the Primary Care Setting

Abstract

s / Can J Diabetes 39 (2015) S38eS74 S51 linked to lost-time injuries. The aim of this paper was to evaluate predictors of workplace lost-time injuries and how they may be related to obesity or high body mass index (BMI) scores by examining factors associated with lost-time injuries in the healthcare sector, a well-studied industry with the highest number of reported time loss injuries in Canada. A literature review focusing on lost-time injuries in Registered Nurses (RNs) was conducted using the keywords and terms: lost time injury, workers’ compensation, occupational injury, workplace injury, injury, injuries, work, workplace, occupational, nurse, registered nurse, RN, health care, predictors, risk factors, risk, risks, cause, causes, obese, obesity, BMI and body mass index. Data on predictors or factors associatedwith lost-time injuries in RNs was gathered and organized using Loisel’s Work Disability Framework and extrapolated upon using existing literature surround obesity in the Canadian workplace.