Practicing what they preach: Health behaviors of those who provide health advice to extensive social networks

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-130

  Colon Ramos, Uriyoan ^a   Atienza, Audie A ^a   Weber, Deanne ^b   Taylor, Melissa ^b   Uy, Christina ^c   Yaroch, Amy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Porter Novelli   (United States)

^c Discovery Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIALIZATION; VEGETABLE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 67549139180     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730802659111     Document Type: Article

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