Personal and clinical exercise-related attitudes and behaviors of freshmen U.S. medical students.

To determine personal and clinical exercise-related attitudes and behaviors of freshmen U.S. medical students, we surveyed 1,906 entering freshman medical students (response rate = 87%; average age = 24 years) in 17 U.

Personal and professional nutrition-related practices of US female physicians.

Background: The extent to which female physicians personally and clinically adhere to dietary recommendations is unknown and has implications for patients.

Objectives: We aimed to identify US female physicians' personal and professional nutrition- and weight-related habits and to identify which, if any, of their personal habits predicted their clinical practices.

Design: Our sample included the 4501 respondents to the Women Physicians' Health Study, a large, cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study of the health behaviors and counseling practices of US female physicians.