What are physicians' and patients' beliefs about diet, weight, exercise, and smoking cessation counseling?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 440-442

  Dolor, Rowena J ^a,b   Østbye, Truls ^a,c   Lyna, Pauline ^a   Coffman, Cynthia J ^a,b   Alexander, Stewart C ^a,b   Tulsky, James A ^a,b   Brouwer, Rebecca J Namenek ^a   Esoimeme, Iguehi ^a   Pollak, Kathryn I ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Counseling; Diet; Exercise; Obesity; Preventive health; Weight

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; LETTER; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; COUNSELING; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958186576     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.07.023     Document Type: Letter

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