Recognition and management of overweight and obesity in primary care in Germany

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1299-1308

  Bramlage, P ^a,b   Wittchen, H U ^a,f   Pittrow, D ^b   Kirch, W ^b   Krause, P ^a   Lehnert, H ^c   Unger, T ^d   Hofler M ^a,f   Kupper B ^a   Dahm, S ^d   Bohler S ^a   Sharma, A M ^e  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Awareness; Diabetes; Hypertension; Multimorbidity; Prevalence; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PYRONIA TITHONUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 6044252200     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802752     Document Type: Article

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