The relationship between health professionals' weight status and attitudes towards weight management: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zhu, D ^a   Norman, I J ^b   While, A E ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health professionals; Overweight; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 79955039205     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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