Management of obesity: A challenge for medical training and practice

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-113

  Thande, Njeri K ^a   Hurstak, Emily E ^b   Sciacca, Robert E ^a   Giardina, Elsa Grace V ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 57949085123     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.478     Document Type: Article

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