Obesity treatment in primary care - Are we there yet?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2030-2031

  Yanovski, Susan Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 81855227027     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1111487     Document Type: Editorial

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