The relationship between doctors' and nurses' own weight status and their weight management practices: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 459-469

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

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctors; Nurses; Obesity; Overweight; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY WEIGHT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NURSES; OBESITY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79956287686     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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