Table 2 Description of the participants
|  | All Participants who completed the Pre event survey (n = 125) | Post-event survey | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not completed (n = 58) | Completed (n = 67) | p | ||
Gender | ||||
 Female, n (%) | 85 (68) | 33 (56.9) | 52 (77.6) | 0.07 |
Age Range | ||||
 20–29 years | 13 (10.4) | 2 (3.4) | 11 (16.4) | 0.02 |
 30–39 years | 25 (20.0) | 8 (13.8) | 17 (25.4) |  |
 40–49 years | 23 (18.4) | 9 (15.5) | 14 (20.9) |  |
 50–59 years | 27 (21.6) | 17 (29.3) | 10 (14.9) |  |
  + 60 years | 35 (28.0) | 20 (34.5) | 15 (22.4) |  |
Type of healthcare provider | ||||
 Physician | 67 (53.6) | 35 (60.3) | 32 (47.8) | 0.10 |
 Dietitian | 15 (12.0) | 6 (10.3) | 9 (13.4) |  |
 Nurse | 9 (7.2) | 4 (6.9) | 5 (7.5) |  |
 Physiotherapists | 9 (7.2) | 2 (3.4) | 7 (10.4) |  |
 Other | 23 (18.4) | 9 (15.7) | 14 (21.3) |  |
Years in practice | ||||
 0–5 | 24 (19.2) | 6 (10.3) | 18 (26.9) | 0.03 |
 6–10 | 11 (8.8) | 3 (5.2) | 8 (11.9) |  |
 11–15 | 15 (12.0) | 6 (10.3) | 9 (13.4) |  |
 16–20 | 13 (10.4) | 8 (13.8) | 5 (7.5) |  |
  + 21 | 56 (44.8) | 33 (56.9) | 23 (34.4) |  |
How do you described your own weight? | ||||
 Underweight | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.29 |
 Normal | 86 (68.8) | 42 (72.4) | 44 (65.7) |  |
 Overweight | 34 (27.2) | 13 (22.4) | 21 (31.3) |  |