Social networks and future direction for obesity research: A scoping review

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-317

  Nam, Soohyun ^a   Redeker, Nancy ^a   Whittemore, Robin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Scoping review; Social networks

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84929321527     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: 15283968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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