Nearly three in four men would like to lose weight and would speak to their GP about doing so, but just over a quarter have done so, a survey shows.<\/p>\n
A survey from Ipsos B&A on behalf of Novo Nordisk Ireland shows 74 per cent of men would like to lose weight. However, only 27 per cent have spoken to their GP about it.<\/p>\n
The survey shows 87 per cent of men say people who are overweight experience stigma.<\/p>\n
The survey also says 39 per cent of Irish men found it difficult to talk openly about their weight.<\/p>\n
45 per cent of men say a spouse or partner is the person they would be most likely to listen to for advice about overweight and obesity, ahead of a close friend (38 per cent) or a wider group of friends (21 per cent).<\/p>\n
The survey also looked at culture and socialising in Ireland, focusing on pub culture as well as attitudes to sport, food, and humour.<\/p>\n
One in three men identified these as triggers for weight gain, while 41 per cent of women also recognised these issues as impacting men\u2019s weight.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the findings, Dr Colm Galligan, Medical Affairs Director at Novo Nordisk Ireland, said, \u201cThese findings show that for many men in Ireland, they want support to address weight-related concerns, however, stigma and sometimes shame may be preventing them from seeking support.<\/p>\n
“Obesity is a complex chronic health condition, and we need to move beyond outdated ideas of willpower or personal failure. Spouses or partners can play a key role in encouraging men they care about to take the first step towards appropriate healthcare advice and to seek support without judgement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly three in four men would like to lose weight and would speak to their GP about doing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60],"class_list":["post-604206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}