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Eligible studies were identified through a systematic review of the literature using Medline, Scopus, Cochrane, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Embase databases from January 1, 2011 to March 2, 2021. Results: A total of 57 articles were included. Data on 12663 physicians were extracted from a total of 35 quantitative articles. Some of the most commonly perceived attitude issues included \"obesity has a huge impact on overall health\", \"obesity is a disease\" and \"HCPs are to blame\". Health professionals were more inclined to believe in \"using BMI to assess obesity,\" \"advice to increase physical activity,\" and \"diet\/calorie reduction advice.\" The major obstacles to optimal treatment of obesity were \"lack of motivation\", \"lack of time\" and \"lack of success\". Conclusion: Although the majority of health professionals consider obesity to be a serious condition with significant impact on overall health, nearly half of the visits include counseling, pharmacological or surgical interventions regarding lifestyle changes. Increasing the length of physician visits as well as tailoring appropriate training programs could improve health care for obesity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.34172\/aim.2023.78","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,26]],"date-time":"2023-12-26T08:57:10Z","timestamp":1703581030000},"page":"529-541","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Attitude and Belief of Healthcare Professionals Towards Effective Obesity Care and Perception of Barriers; An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis"],"prefix":"10.34172","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4313-8440","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Mohammad E.","family":"Khamseh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6011-1915","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Zahra","family":"Emami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5873-0821","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Aida","family":"Iranpour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8950-2730","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Reyhaneh","family":"Mahmoodian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4674-952X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Erfan","family":"Amouei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4384-6543","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Adnan","family":"Tizmaghz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2936-5930","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Yousef","family":"Moradi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5070-5864","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Hamid R","family":"Baradaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran"},{"name":"Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research Team, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"20123","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,1]]},"container-title":["Archives of Iranian Medicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/journalaim.com\/PDF\/aim-26-529.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/journalaim.com\/PDF\/aim-26-529.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,26]],"date-time":"2023-12-26T08:57:10Z","timestamp":1703581030000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/journalaim.com\/Article\/aim-25329"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"9","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,1]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34172\/aim.2023.78","relation":{},"ISSN":["1029-2977","1735-3947"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1029-2977","type":"print"},{"value":"1735-3947","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,1]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. 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