Applying a Common-Sense Approach to Fighting Obesity
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Applying a Common-Sense Approach to Fighting Obesity
The obesity epidemic is a threat to the health of millions and to the economic viability of healthcare systems, governments, businesses, and nations. A range of answers come to mind if and when we ask, "What can we, health professionals (physicians, nurses, nutritionists, behavioral psychologists), do about this epidemic?" In this paper, we describe the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation as ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Obesity
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2090-0708,2090-0716
DOI: 10.1155/2012/710427