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Changes in Attitudes Towards Bariatric Surgery After 5 Years in the German General Public
Franziska Ulrike Christine Else Jung1,2, A Dietrich3, C Stroh4
1Integrated Research and Treatment Center AdiposityDiseases (IFB), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. franziska.jung@medizin.uni-leipzig.de.
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to investigate changes in attitudes of the general public towards bariatric surgery and other interventions that can be part of obesity management, during the last 5 years.
Method:
1007 participants were randomly selected and interviewed. Apart from socio-demographic data, interviews also included causal reasons for obesity as well as questions regarding treatment methods and their believed effectiveness. Results were compared with data published 5 years ago.
Results:
Surgery is seen as a rather ineffective method to reduce weight in obesity and is recommended less often by the general public compared to the assessment 5 years ago.
Conclusions:
Public health-implications should inform about obesity and benefits of surgery as an intervention to improve individual health conditions.
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