Preventing weight gain in adults: Design, methods and one year results from the Pound of Prevention study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 457-464

  Jeffery, R W ^a   French, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health education; Obesity; Prevention; SES; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030975920     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800431     Document Type: Article

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