Making health habitual: The psychology of 'habit-formation' and general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 605, 2012, Pages 664-666

  Gardner, Benjamin ^a   Lally, Phillippa ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84870700766     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X659466     Document Type: Review

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