Open AccessWeight loss counseling by health care providers.
Author(s) -
Haq Nawaz,
Mildred Adams,
David L. Katz
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.5.764
Subject(s) - overweight , weight loss , medicine , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , health care , weight management , gerontology , risk factor , obesity , family medicine , environmental health , population , economics , economic growth
This study explores the pattern of weight loss counseling by health care providers in Connecticut and the associated weight loss efforts by patients.