Obesity, Complexity, and the Role of the Health System

Current Obesity Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-326

  Frood, Sarah ^a   Johnston, Lee M ^a   Matteson, Carrie L ^a   Finegood, Diane T ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity; Complexity; Feedback; Health system; Obesity; Paradigms; Primary care; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW;

EID: 84926656605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13679-013-0072-9     Document Type: Review

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