Obesity education in the family medicine clerkship: a US and Canadian survey of clerkship directors’ beliefs, barriers, and curriculum content

Table 5 Multiple regression analyses of number of obesity topics taught

Dependent variable	Independent variable	b-coefficient	p-value
Dependent variable	Independent variable	(95% CI)	p-value
Overall number of obesity topics taught^a	Clerkship duration^b	0.29	0.072
Overall number of obesity topics taught^a	Clerkship duration^b	(−0.03–0.61)	0.072
	Attitudes:	0.64	< 0.001
	VI vs. SI/MI^c	(0.30–0.99)	< 0.001
	Attitudes:	0.77	0.001
	EI vs. SI/MI^c	(0.33–1.21)	0.001
Number of advanced topics^d	Clerkship duration^c	0.12	0.430
Number of advanced topics^d	Clerkship duration^c	(−0.18–0.42)	0.430
	Attitudes:	0.29	0.074
	VI vs. SI/MI^c	(−0.03–0.62)	0.074
	Attitudes:	0.65	0.002
	EI vs. SI/MI^c	(0.24–1.06)	0.002

EI: Teaching obesity related topics was extremely important; VI: Teaching obesity related topics was very important; MI: Teaching obesity related topics was moderately important; SI: Teaching obesity related topics was slightly important
^aTotal number of obesity topics taught during the clerkship
^bClerkship duration was either < 6 weeks or > 6 weeks (< 6 weeks was the reference variable)
^cAttitudes compared either VI or EI vs. the reference variable, SI or MI
^dLess commonly discussed topics (any study topic taught by < 30% of the study sites). The included topics were cultural aspects of obesity, obesity bias, medications that can cause weight gain,medications to treat obesity, and bariatric surgery