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What Do Physicians Recommend To Their Overweight and Obese Patients?

Suzanne Phelan, Mithun Nallari, Francine E. Darroch and Rena R. Wing
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2009, 22 (2) 115-122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.080081
Suzanne Phelan
California Polytechnic State University (SP)
PhD
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Mithun Nallari
Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY (MN)
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Francine E. Darroch
Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI (FD, RRW)
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Rena R. Wing
Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI (FD, RRW)
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vol. 22 no. 2 115-122
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.080081
PubMed 
19264934

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication April 30, 2008
  • Revision received September 5, 2008
  • Accepted for publication September 15, 2008
  • Published online March 5, 2009.

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  1. Suzanne Phelan, PhD,
  2. Mithun Nallari, MD,
  3. Francine E. Darroch, MA and
  4. Rena R. Wing, PhD
  1. California Polytechnic State University (SP)
  2. Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI (FD, RRW)
  3. Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY (MN)
  1. Corresponding author: Suzanne Phelan, PhD, Kinesiology Department, California Polytechnic State University, 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (E-mail: sphelan{at}capoly.edu)
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Suzanne Phelan, Mithun Nallari, Francine E. Darroch, Rena R. Wing
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2009, 22 (2) 115-122; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.080081

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Suzanne Phelan, Mithun Nallari, Francine E. Darroch, Rena R. Wing
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2009, 22 (2) 115-122; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.080081
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