Weight Bias among Dietetics Students: Implications for Treatment Practices

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-444

  Puhl, Rebecca ^a   Wharton, Christopher ^a   Heuer, Chelsea ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; DIETETICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIETETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549104048     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.11.034     Document Type: Article

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