Physicians' personal beliefs about weight-related care and their associations with care delivery: The U.S. National Survey of Energy Balance Related Care among Primary Care Physicians

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 243-255

  Steeves, Jeremy A ^a   Liu, Benmei ^a   Willis, Gordon ^a   Lee, Richard ^a   Smith, Ashley Wilder ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Energy balance; Primary care practices; Weight related care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIET; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LOW CALORY DIET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84930861944     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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