'The solution needs to be complex.' Obese adults' attitudes about the effectiveness of individual and population based interventions for obesity

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Thomas, Samantha L ^a   Lewis, Sophie ^a   Hyde, Jim ^b   Castle, David ^c   Komesaroff, Paul ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954546571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-420     Document Type: Article

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