Office-based treatment of adult obesity

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 94-107

  Speer, Susan J ^a   Speer, Alice J ^a  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030893699     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00913847.1997.11440217     Document Type: Article

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