Table 3.

Physician beliefs about their participation in healthy behaviors, self-efficacy and attitudes toward obese patients, by personal body weight status

	Normal BMI	Overweight/obese	P value
	N = 233	N = 265
Physicians should be role models for their patients by…
Maintaining healthy weight	72%	56%	0.002
Exercising regularly	73%	57%	0.001
I feel competent…
Counseling about diet	53%	37%	0.002
Counseling about exercise	56%	38%	0.001
Prescribing weight loss medications	18%	26%	0.043
I am usually successful in helping my obese patients lose weight	2%	5%	0.034

P value based on t-test. Percentages are based on respondents reporting that they “strongly agreed” with the statement.