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Vol.2, No.3, 265-271 (2012) Open Journal of Preventive Medicine /10.4236/ojpm.2012.23038 Body mass index estimation and measurement by healthcare professionals Tomás Ahern , Kirsten Doherty , Daniel Kapeluto , Maeve Davis , Una Mulholland , 1* 2 3 1 4 4 2 1 2 2 Edwina Rossiter , Irene Gilroy , Astrid Billfalk-Kelly , Patricia FitzPatrick , Leslie Daly , 2,5 1,5 Cecily Kelleher , Donal O’Shea 1 * 2 3 4 Department of Endocrinology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Corresponding Author: tomasbahern@physicians.ie Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Promotion, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Family Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Studies, School of Health Science, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland 5 Irish Health Research Board Centre for Food and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Received 13 March 2012; revised 24 April 2012; accepted 16 May 2012 ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION Background: Severe obesity has increased more than three-fold in prevalence over the past fif- teen years in Europe and the United States. Cor- rectly identifying severe obesity permits access to mortality-reducing interventions. We aimed to determine the accuracy of healthcare profes- sionals (HCPs) in recognising severe obesity and the frequency of body mass index (BMI) assessment by HCPs. Methods: We performed two cross-sectional surveys: one of 206 HCPs in Ireland and Canada and another of 515 Iri