Nurses' misperceptions of weight status associated with their body weight, demographics and health status

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 569-578

  Zhu, Daqiau ^a   Norman, Ian J ^b   While, Alison E ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Nurses; Weight perception; Weight status misperceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; NURSING STUDENT; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896486057     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013000128     Document Type: Article

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