Weight Care Project: Health professionals' attitudes and ability to assess body weight status - Study protocol
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Weight Care Project: Health professionals' attitudes and ability to assess body weight status - Study protocol
BACKGROUND Health professionals working in primary care and public health have opportunities to address body weight status issues with their patients through face-to-face contact. The objectives of this all-Ireland project are: 1. to assess the attitudes, current practices/behaviours and knowledge of key health professional groups on body weight status; 2. to assess the health professional grou...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-202