Beliefs about the causes of obesity in a national sample of 4th year medical students

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1446-1449

  Phelan, Sean M ^a   Burgess, Diana J ^b   Burke, Sara E ^c   Przedworski, Julia M ^d   Dovidio, John F ^c   Hardeman, Rachel ^a   Morris, Megan ^a   van Ryn, Michelle ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Learning; Medical students; Obesity; Weight bias; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ADDICTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84943813665     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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