What words should we use when discussing excess weight?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 606-613

  Dutton, Gareth R ^a   Tan, Fei ^b   Perri, Michael G ^d   Stine, Curtis C ^a   Dancer Brown, Melissa ^c   Goble, Mary ^c   Van Vessem, Nancy ^c  

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

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Capital Health Plan   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Medical terminology; Obesity; Physician Patient relations; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NOMENCLATURE; OBESITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77956901537     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.100024     Document Type: Article

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