Treatment seeking and barriers to weight loss treatments of different intensity levels among obese and overweight individuals

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ciao, Anna C ^a   Latner, J D ^a   Durso, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Stigma; Treatment barriers; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84862856912     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325323     Document Type: Article

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