Are physicians equipped to address the obesity epidemic? Knowledge and attitudes of internal medicine residents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 669-675

  Block, Jason P ^a   DeSalvo, Karen B ^a   Fisher, William P ^a,b,c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LA Stt Univ School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Metametrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Internal medicine; Internship and residency; Knowledge; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

EID: 0037689516     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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