U.S. primary care physicians' diet-, physical activity, and weight-related care of adult patients

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-42

  Smith, Ashley Wilder ^a   Borowski, Laurel A ^a   Liu, Benmei ^a   Galuska, Deborah A ^d   Signore, Caroline ^b   Klabunde, Carrie ^a   Huang, Terry T K ^c   Krebs Smith, Susan M ^a   Frank, Erica ^e   Pronk, Nico ^f,g   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958815066     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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