Obesity, health and quality of life: A conversation to further the vision in occupational therapy

Occupational Therapy in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-83

  Pizzi, Michael A ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Obesity; Occupational therapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OVERWEIGHT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84878449881     PISSN: 07380577     EISSN: 15413098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07380577.2013.778442     Document Type: Article

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