Body size perception, knowledge about obesity and factors associated with lifestyle change among patients, health care professionals and public health experts.

Background: The attitudes towards obesity may have an important role on healthier behavior. The goal of the present study was to explore the attitudes towards obesity and to investigate how these attitudes were associated with lifestyle-changing behavior among the patients attending primary care centers, health care professionals and public health experts.

Methods: This cross-sectional survey study was performed in 10 primary care offices in different regions in Lithuania and in 2 public health institutions.