Comparison of physician weight loss goals for obese male and female patients

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 186-188

  Dutton, Gareth R ^a   Perri, Michael G ^b   Stine, Curtis C ^a   Goble, Mary ^c   Van Vessem, Nancy ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Capital Health Plan   (United States)

Author keywords

Goals; Obesity; Physicians; Primary health care; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL MARKETING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77649337149     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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