Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for systematic review of the literature

Category	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Population	Medical school students of any year from any medical school in the world Resident and Fellow physicians in any training program in the world	Qualified healthcare professional students of other healthcare professions (e.g., physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dietitians, nurses)
Interventions	Educational interventions that have components that address obesity education, including (but not restricted to):	Educational interventions that do not have a component that addresses obesity education
	• Obesity knowledge
	• Weight bias and stigma
	• Counseling strategies for obesity
	May be in any academic-sponsored program that is delivered in any academic, clinical, or community setting Use any kind of educational methodology
	Instructed by any teacher including, but not restricted to:
	• Physician
	• Psychology
	• Physician assistant
	• Nurse practitioner
Comparators	Studies with or without control/comparison groups
Outcome	Studies with at least one outcome measure that addresses future obesity counseling
Study design (and study feature)	Any design (except studies without outcome measures)
	English language only
	Published between 2005 and 2018