Table 3.

Attitudes and behaviours of the family physicians about childhood obesity management (n = 180)^a.

Opinions	Agree		Disagree		Undecided
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Measuring weight and height for the kids between 0 and 4 years of age is a requirement.	176	98.3	–	–	3	1.7
Measuring weight and height for the kids between 5 and 15 years of age is a requirement.	121	67.6	17	9.5	41	22.9
I can give consultancy to an overweight or obese child and his family.	119	66.1	19	10.6	41	23.3
Consultancy to an overweight or obese child and his family is professionally a satisfaction for me.	117	65.7	21	11.7	40	22.6
I am professionally well prepared to work with children and families from diverse social and cultural backgrounds	101	56.1	22	12.3	56	31.6
It is difficult to understand that a child is overweight or obese just by looking at him.	92	51.7	65	36.5	21	11.8
I am professionally self-reliant to manage children who are overweight or obese	84	47.5	22	12.4	71	40.1
The best role for a GP is to refer overweight and obese children to other professionals rather than attempting to treat them.	84	46.7	75	42.1	19	11.2
Only a small percentage of children who are overweight/obese can reduce their BMI and maintain that loss for at least a year.	32	17.8	102	57.0	44	25.2
I would only encourage weight management when a child or his family request it	19	10.7	140	78.7	19	10.6
Weight measurement should be offered only to obese children.	15	8.4	151	83.9	13	7.7

^aThere are missing data for each item.