School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, 47500, Malaysia.
School of Health Sciences and Professions, Department of Social and Public Health, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA.
F1000Res. 2023 May 25;12:550. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.125203.1. eCollection 2023.
Doctors with a normal BMI and healthy living habits have shown to be more confident and effective in providing realistic guidance and obesity management to their patients. This study investigated obesogenic tendencies of medical students as they progress in their medical studies. A cohort of forty-nine medical students enrolled in a five-year cohort study and was followed up after one year. At the initiation of the cohort, socio-demography and information on anthropometry, accommodation, eating behavior, stress and sleeping habits of the students had been recorded. Follow-up data was collected using a standardized self-administered questionnaire. Thirty-seven percent of the students in the cohort are either obese or overweight in the one-year period.. A year of follow-up suggests that there is an increase in BMI among the male students (P=0.008) and the changes are associated with changes in accommodation (P=0.016), stress levels (P=0.021), and sleeping habits (P=0.011). Medical education system should seriously consider evaluating this aspect in the curriculum development to help our future medical practitioners practice a healthy lifestyle and be the initiator of change in the worsening prevalence of obesity worldwide.
具有正常 BMI 和健康生活习惯的医生在为患者提供现实的指导和肥胖管理方面表现出更自信和更有效。本研究调查了医学生在医学学习过程中的肥胖倾向。
一组 49 名医学生参加了一项为期五年的队列研究，并在一年后进行了随访。在队列开始时，记录了社会人口统计学信息以及学生的人体测量学、住宿、饮食行为、压力和睡眠习惯信息。使用标准化的自我管理问卷收集随访数据。在一年的随访中，该队列中有 37%的学生变得肥胖或超重。一年的随访表明，男学生的 BMI 有所增加（P=0.008），这些变化与住宿（P=0.016）、压力水平（P=0.021）和睡眠习惯（P=0.011）的变化有关。医学教育系统应认真考虑在课程开发中评估这一方面，以帮助我们未来的医学从业者实践健康的生活方式，并成为全球肥胖患病率不断恶化的变革推动者。
