Obesity bias in training: Attitudes, beliefs, and observations among advanced trainees in professional health disciplines

Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1008-1015

  Puhl, Rebecca M ^a   Luedicke, Joerg ^a   Grilo, Carlos M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STUDENT; TRAINING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TRAINING SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897448207     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20637     Document Type: Article

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