Research ArticleOriginal Research

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

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