A longitudinal study of changes in noticing and treating patients' overweight by Dutch GPs between 1997 and 2007

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  van Dijk, Elske ^a   Kampen, Jarl K ^a   Hiddink, Gerrit J ^a   Renes, Reint Jan ^a   van Binsbergen, Jaap J ^b   van Woerkum, Cees M J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; General practice; GPs and overweight and obesity; Longitudinal study; Obesity advice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

COUNSELING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84858252937     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr115     Document Type: Article

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