Can physicians accurately predict which patients will lose weight, improve nutrition and increase physical activity?

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 553-560

  Pollak, Kathryn I ^a   Coffman, Cynthia J ^a,b   Alexander, Stewart C ^a,b   Tulsky, James A ^a,b   Lyna, Pauline ^a   Dolor, Rowena J ^a,b   Cox, Mary E ^a,c   Namenek Brouwer, Rebecca J ^a   Bodner, Michael E ^a,d   Østbye, Truls ^a,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medical Clinic of North Texas   (United States)

^d TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Counselling; Outcome expectations; Physicians; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84867116511     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms004     Document Type: Article

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