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Causal beliefs about obesity and associated health behaviors: results from a population-based survey

BACKGROUND: Several genetic variants are associated with obesity risk. Promoting the notion of genes as a cause for obesity may increase genetically deterministic beliefs and decrease motivation to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors. Little is known about whether causal beliefs about obesity are...

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Autores principales: Wang, Catharine, Coups, Elliot J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20199677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-7-19