Public Views on Food Addiction and Obesity: Implications for Policy and Treatment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Natalia M ^a   Lucke, Jayne ^b   Hall, Wayne D ^a,b   Meurk, Carla ^b   Boyle, Frances M ^a   Carter, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ADDICTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884568343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074836     Document Type: Article

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