What Do Physicians Recommend To Their Overweight and Obese Patients?
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What do physicians recommend to their overweight and obese patients?
BACKGROUND It is recognized that physicians play an important role in responding to the nation's obesity epidemic. Little is known, however, about what physicians say to their obese patients to help them lose weight. OBJECTIVE This cross-sectional survey examined weight loss recommendations of family physicians and internists. Surveys were mailed to 188 physicians and 54% (n = 101) responded....
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.080081