Direct observation of weight counselling in primary care: Alignment with clinical guidelines

Clinical Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 69-76

  Antognoli, E L ^a   Smith, K J ^a   Mason, M J ^a   Milliner, B R ^a   Davis, E M ^b   Harris Haywood, S ^c,d   Seeholzer, E ^e   Smith, S ^a   Flocke, S A ^a,f  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Obesity; Provider patient communication; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 85000516608     PISSN: 17588103     EISSN: 17588111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cob.12050     Document Type: Article

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