Overweight and obesity in nurses, advanced practice nurses, and nurse educators

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 259-265

  Miller, Sally K ^a   Alpert, Patricia T ^a   Cross, Chad L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurses' knowledge of obesity; Obesity education; Obesity in Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43249129230     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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