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The relationship between BMI and the prescription of anti-obesity medication according to social factors: a population cross sectional study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, January 2014
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (86th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (73rd percentile)

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Title
The relationship between BMI and the prescription of anti-obesity medication according to social factors: a population cross sectional study
Published in
BMC Public Health, January 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-14-87
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Authors

Lynsey Patterson, Frank Kee, Carmel Hughes, Dermot O’Reilly

Abstract

Obesity is a global public health problem. There are a range of treatments available with varying short and long term success rates. One option is the use of anti-obesity medication the prescription of which has increased dramatically in recent years. Despite this, little is known about the individual and GP practice factors that influence the prescription of anti-obesity medication.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Unknown 48 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 20%
Researcher 9 18%
Student > Bachelor 6 12%
Other 5 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 8%
Other 7 14%
Unknown 8 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 27%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 12%
Social Sciences 5 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 8%
Psychology 4 8%
Other 9 18%
Unknown 8 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 April 2014.
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#3,654,139
of 24,920,664 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#4,290
of 16,577 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#42,637
of 320,075 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#73
of 273 outputs
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