Table 3.

Factors influencing general practitioners’ decision to provide nutritional counselling.

Physician-Related Factors	Patient-Related Factors	Physician–Patient Relationship Factors	Physician–Healthcare System Interaction
Type of healthcare system (primary/non-primary)	Age	Communication skills	Type of settlement (urban/rural)
Gender	Gender	Frequency of patient’s visits to general practitioner
Self-assessment regarding knowledge in the field nutritional science	Weight	Duration of patient’s visits to general practitioner
Confidence in counselling about nutrition	Previous diagnosis of chronic disease/diseases with or without additional risk/s
Previous or additional nutrition education
Level of professional qualification
Perception of responsibility considering nutritional counselling
Attitude towards the effectiveness of counselling on patient’s behaviour
Attitude towards overweight and obese patients