Two-year Follow-up of a Behavioural Weight Control Programme for Adolescents in Singapore: Predictors of Long-term Weight Loss

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-153

  Wong, M L ^a   Koh, D ^a   Lee, M H ^b   Fong, Y T ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behavioural strategy; Body mass index; Environmental strategy; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031089179     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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