Table 2.
Providers’ perceived importance of dietary counseling by disease state.
| Disease state | Very important (%) | Important (%) | Neutral (%) |
Low importance (%) |
Not at all important (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obese | 73.0 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Overweight | 50.0 | 38.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Chronic hypertension | 23.1 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 15.4 | 3.8 |
| Gestational hypertension | 15.4 | 11.5 | 38.5 | 19.2 | 3.8 |
| Preeclampsia | 15.4 | 7.7 | 42.3 | 19.2 | 3.8 |
| History of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy | 15.4 | 15.4 | 38.5 | 19.2 | 3.8 |