Current attitudes and practices of obesity counselling by health care providers

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 352-359

  Petrin, Christine ^a   Kahan, Scott ^a   Turner, Monique ^a   Gallagher, Christine ^a   Dietz, William H ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity counselling; Obesity education; Obesity training; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; COUNSELING; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; COUNSELING; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 85003881372     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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