Do physician beliefs about causes of obesity translate into actionable issues on which physicians counsel their patients?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 326-328

  Bleich, Sara N ^a   Gudzune, Kimberly A ^b   Bennett, Wendy L ^a,b   Cooper, Lisa A ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition counseling; Obesity; Physician beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PORTION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876725100     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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