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The mean percentage of correctly answered questions was 60 %. The male and female physicians averaged 56 % and 65 % of correct responses, respectively (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7042). However, only for two questions did male and female physicians\u2019 scores differ significantly (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b705). The two age groups (&lt;40 years; \u226540 years) had equal mean total correct scores (60 %,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7935). Physicians\u2019 knowledge was greatest for topics that have received a great deal of media coverage in Kuwait. Most (70 %) of the physicians described their nutrition knowledge as \u2018moderate\u2019.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012003606_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Physicians in Kuwait gave inaccurate information regarding common problems in Kuwaitis such as obesity, hypertension and osteoporosis. In view of the public's perception of the role of the physician in providing nutrition advice, it is imperative that nutrition and diet training be part of continuing medical education to bridge these deficiencies in physicians\u2019 knowledge.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980012003606","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,31]],"date-time":"2012-07-31T14:29:02Z","timestamp":1343744942000},"page":"1332-1336","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Survey of nutrition knowledge of physicians in Kuwait"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Ahmad R","family":"Allafi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fahhad","family":"Alajmi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahmad","family":"Al-Haifi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/07315724.1997.10718711"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref14","first-page":"284","article-title":"Nutritional knowledge of primary health care physicians in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia","volume":"30","author":"Al-Zahrani","year":"2009","journal-title":"Saudi Med J"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-8223(00)00112-7"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"344","DOI":"10.3923\/pjn.2004.344.347","article-title":"Nutrition knowledge of primary care physicians in Saudi Arabia","volume":"3","author":"Al-Numair","year":"2004","journal-title":"Pak J Nutr"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref6","first-page":"3","article-title":"The role of the general practitioner and the dietitian in patient nutrition management","volume":"12","author":"Nicholas","year":"2003","journal-title":"Asia Pac J Clin Nutr"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"607","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-8223(21)06510-X","article-title":"Nutrition knowledge and attitudes of physicians","volume":"70","author":"Kraus","year":"1997","journal-title":"J Am Diet Assoc"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref11","first-page":"576","article-title":"The effectiveness of a nutrition education program for family practice residents conducted by a family practice resident-dietitian","volume":"27","author":"Kirby","year":"1995","journal-title":"Fam Med"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref3","volume-title":"What Physicians Don't Know about Nutrition (But Have Every Reason to Learn)","author":"Kohlmeier","year":"2010"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-8223(94)90225-9"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-4684-8136-5_12"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3402\/meo.v4i.4307"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/07315724.1999.10718823"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1006\/pmed.1995.1087"},{"key":"S1368980012003606_ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00001888-198902000-00017"}],"container-title":["Public Health Nutrition"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S1368980012003606","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,24]],"date-time":"2022-01-24T23:26:59Z","timestamp":1643066819000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S1368980012003606\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,31]]},"references-count":14,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2013,7]]}},"alternative-id":["S1368980012003606"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s1368980012003606","relation":{},"ISSN":["1368-9800","1475-2727"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1368-9800","type":"print"},{"value":"1475-2727","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,31]]}}}