Trust in scientific experts on obesity: Implications for awareness and behavior change

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2145-2156

  Bleich, Sara ^a,c   Blendon, Robert ^b   Adams, Alyce ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral science; Health policy; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EXERCISE; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRUST;

EID: 34548645645     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.255     Document Type: Article

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