Defining success in obesity management

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Rossner S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attrition; Body weight; Drug treatment; Long term; Obesity; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0030931021     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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