Shared medical appointments: Promoting weight loss in a clinical setting

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-328

  Palaniappan, Latha P ^a   Muzaffar, Amy L ^b   Wang, Elsie J ^a   Wong, Eric C ^a   Orchard, Trevor J ^c  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Overweight; Patient appointments; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHARED MEDICAL APPOINTMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955832464     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.03.100220     Document Type: Article

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