Obesity, identity and community: Leveraging social networks for behavior change in public health

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-260

  Mulvaney Day, Norah ^a   Womack, Catherine A ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OBESITY; PERSONHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 77949340542     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/php022     Document Type: Review

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