Weight loss advice U.S. obese adults receive from health care professionals

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-592

  Ko, Jean Y ^a   Brown, David R ^b   Galuska, Deborah A ^b   Zhang, Jian ^b   Blanck, Heidi M ^b   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Obesity; Physical activity; Physician counseling; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049166455     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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