Are smaller weight losses or more achievable weight loss goals better in the long term for obese patients?

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 641-645

  Jeffery, Robert W ^a,e   Wing, Rena R ^b,d   Mayer, Randall R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIET, REDUCING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031841921     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0022-006X.66.4.641     Document Type: Article

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