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Review
. 2021 Feb 22;15(3):224-226.
doi: 10.1177/1559827621992271. eCollection 2021 May-Jun.

The Importance of Health Values Among Health Care Providers

Aliye B Cepni  1 , Cherine Hatem  1 , Tracey A Ledoux  1 , Craig A Johnston  1
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Review

The Importance of Health Values Among Health Care Providers

Aliye B Cepni et al. Am J Lifestyle Med. .

Abstract

Medical professionals' healthy eating and physical activity behaviors are likely to wane as other life events and everyday pressures increase. This is vital because as health behaviors decrease, the likelihood that this topic is addressed with patients also decreases. Increased training to improve health care providers' knowledge about lifestyle behaviors may be inadequate to actually bring about a healthier lifestyle. The area of personal identity and value formation may shed light on a significant barrier in this area. Developing health care professionals who have values consistent with a healthy diet and physical activity, instead of just being informed about it, would increase the likelihood that healthy behavior changes are discussed with patients. Strategies to encourage value formation around healthy lifestyles among medical professionals are discussed.

Keywords: diet; health care providers; identity; physical activity; value.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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