Individual responsibility for reducing obesity: The unintended consequences of well intended messages

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 386-

  Browne, Jessica L ^a   Zimmet, Paul ^b   Speight, Jane ^a  

^a THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH IN DIABETES   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; NOTE;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84856403910     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.10508     Document Type: Letter

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