Obesity in primary care in Barbados: Prevalence and perceptions

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 384-390

  Adams, O Peter ^a   Lynch Prescod, Juanita T ^b   Carter, Anne O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Queen Elizabeth Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Behavior change; Body image; Obesity; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BARBADOS; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34250713309     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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