"Obesity" and "Clinical Obesity" Men's understandings of obesity and its relation to the risk of diabetes: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Weaver, Nicola F ^a   Hayes, Louise ^a   Unwin, Nigel C ^a   Murtagh, Madeleine J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; MEN'S HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 53249115463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-311     Document Type: Article

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