Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 151-156 , May 2010

Patient perspectives on the role of weight management in type 2 diabetes

  • William H. Polonsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA
    • Behavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: PO Box 2148, Del Mar, CA 92014, USA. Tel.: +1 760 525 5256; fax: +1 760 942 5780.
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  • Lawrence Fisher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
    • ,
  • Danielle Hessler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Received 7 January 2010 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.02.008

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 151-156 , May 2010

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