Physician practice patterns of obesity diagnosis and weight-related counseling

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-129

  Bleich, Sara N ^a   Pickett Blakely, Octavia ^b   Cooper, Lisa A ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Obesity; Physician practice patterns; Weight related counseling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650477176     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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