Well-being and morbid obesity in women: A controlled therapy evaluation

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-339

  Tanco, Sheryl ^a   Linden, Wolfgang ^b   Earle, Tracey ^b  

^a The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Obesity; Well being; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031940288     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199804)23:3<325::AID-EAT10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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