Prevention and management of obesity in nonpregnant women and adolescents: Beliefs and practices of U.S. obstetricians and gynecologists

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1625-1634

  Cogswell, Mary E ^a   Power, Michael L ^b   Sharma, Andrea J ^c   Schulkin, Jay ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 77956368227     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1838     Document Type: Article

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