Attitudes and beliefs in Swedish midwives and obstetricians towards obesity and gestational weight management.

Meanwhile, years of working experience was not significantly associated with tendency to avoid discussions about body weight, or with perceived need for education on obesity. A majority of maternity care staff agreed that women with obesity could be difficult to deal with (Table 3 ), and among obstetricians, 31% prefer to treat non-obese women At the same time, 99% of all maternity care staff thought it was important to treat obese patients with compassion and respect, and only 3% claimed to dislike treating patients with obesity. Data showed a trend of association between participants who had received education about obesity and those who had not, regarding perceived educational needs and confidence, see Table 4 .

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