Treatment of obesity in the primary care setting: Are we there yet?

Eating Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-143

  Terre, Lisa ^a   Hunter, Christine ^b   Poston, Walker S Carlos ^a   Haddock, C Keith ^a   Stewart, Shani A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b US Air Force Medical Support Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247619333     PISSN: 10640266     EISSN: 1532530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10640260701190659     Document Type: Article

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