Beliefs and attitudes to lifestyle, nutrition and physical activity: The views of patients in Europe

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Brotons, Carlos ^a,b   Drenthen, Antonius J M ^b,c   Durrer, Dominique ^b,d   Moral, Irene ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b European Network for Health Promotion and Prevention in General Practice/Family Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

^d Prevention Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Nutrition; Patients; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EATING HABIT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84858233525     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr091     Document Type: Article

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