Procedural Fairness in Physician-Patient Communication: A Predictor of Health Outcomes in a Cohort of Adults with Overweight or Obesity.

Background: This study aimed to explore whether patients' perception of procedural fairness in physicians' communication was associated with willingness to follow doctor's recommendations, self-efficacy beliefs, dietary behaviors, and body mass index.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of baseline data from 489 primary care patients with a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m (43.6% Black, 40.