Journal of Obesity and Therapeutics

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Francesco Baggiani Author

Subjects of specialization
Obesity, Nutrition

Affiliation
Social Cooperative Onlus La Stadera Greve in Chianti, Florence, Italy.

Biography

Dr. Francesco Baggiani, is currently working in the Social Cooperative Onlus La Stadera Greve in Chianti, Florence, Italy. Francesco Baggiani, areas of research interests include obesity, Nutrition etc.,


Publications

Research Article Open Access

Professional Stigma on Weight in the Pediatric Care in Italy and Andalusia: Recognize it to Successfully Treat Obesity

Author(s):

Rita Tanas, Gil Begoña, Francesco Baggiani, Guido Caggese, Giuliana Valerio, Maria Marsella and Giovanni Corsello

Objective
Obesity treatment strategies are often ineffective over the long term either in primary care or in the specialist setting. The universal weight stigma is on the rise and is gaining importance as the cause of the onset, the subsistence and the worsening. Aim of our study is to assess the presence of explicit stigma in the pediatric setting in Italy and Andalusia, in order to increase the awareness and take more effective actions to counteract it. 

Methods
The Likert questionnaire on explicit weight stigma was translated in Italian and Spanish and filled out in 2015-16 by 988 pediatricians enrolled in the Italian Society of Pediatrics and 913 health and nonhealth workers enrolled in a training program for the care ch... view moreĀ»

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