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Being long-term survivors and overweight/obese is positively associated with attitudes towards weight loss (OR=3.3 and OR=8.1 respectively).
Interventions should target long-term survivors and those who are overweight/obese for weight management.
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being long‐term survivors (off‐treatment 蠅 5 years vs. on‐treatment) (OR=3.3, 95% CI: 1.3‐8.5) and being overweight or obese (BMI 蠅25 vs. <25 kg/m2) (OR=8.1, 95% CI: 3.8‐17.3) was each positively associated with the attitudes towards weight loss.
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Based on statistical analysis of survey data.
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Attitudes towards weight management in cancer survivors (136.8)
Fang Fang Zhang et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2014
DOI 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.136.8
cross-sectional · n=209
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