The relationship among registered nurses' weight status, weight loss regimens, and successful or unsuccessful weight loss

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Zitkus, Bruce S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet regimen; Myers Briggs Type Indicator; Personality type; Weight loss; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING STAFF; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING STAFF; OBESITY; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551496729     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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