Randomised controlled trial of novel, simple, and well supervised weight reducing diets in outpatients

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7171, 1998, Pages 1487-1489

  Summerbell, Carolyn D ^a,c   Watts, Carolyn ^a   Higgins, Julian P T ^b   Garrow, John S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032576375     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7171.1487     Document Type: Article

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