A pilot study on the attitudes and practice relating to the management of overweight and obese patients among primary health care professionals in four primary care clinics in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 155-165

  Lau, Dominic M W ^a,b  

^a Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b Chi Ngong Specialist Clinic   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Obesity; Overweight; Practices; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSE; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33745297736     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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