A silent response to the obesity epidemic: Decline in US physician weight counseling

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-192

  Kraschnewski, Jennifer L ^a   Sciamanna, Christopher N ^a   Stuckey, Heather L ^a   Chuang, Cynthia H ^a   Lehman, Erik B ^a   Hwang, Kevin O ^b   Sherwood, Lisa L ^a   Nembhard, Harriet B ^c  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Bioengineering   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; preventive medicine; primary care; weight counseling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT COUNSELING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872848541     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182726c33     Document Type: Article

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