“…Nurses who engage in unhealthy behaviours may be less willing to intervene and offer health promotion advice for fear of criticism or appearing hypocritical (Aranda & McGreevy, 2014;Beletsioti-Stika & Scriven, 2006;González, Bennasar, Pericàs, Seguí, & De Pedro, 2009;Sejr & Osler, 2002;Sekijima, Seki, & Suzuki, 2005) and patients appear less likely to follow advice given by unhealthy nurses (Hicks et al, 2008;Kelly, Wills, Jester, & Speller, 2017;Kelly, Wills, & Sykes, 2017). Obesity is a visibly unhealthy behaviour and is frequently referred to in the discourse around nurses being healthy role models (e.g.…”