The influence of physician acknowledgment of patients' weight status on patient perceptions of overweight and obesity in the United States

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 316-321

  Post, Robert E ^a   Mainous III, Arch G ^a   Gregorie, Seth H ^a   Knoll, Michele E ^a   Diaz, Vanessa A ^a   Saxena, Sonia K ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952235219     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.549     Document Type: Article

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