The impact of a health professional recommendation on weight loss attempts in overweight and obese British adults: A Cross-sectional analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Jackson, Sarah E ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Johnson, Fiona ^a   Finer, Nicholas ^a   Beeken, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84888079745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003693     Document Type: Article

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