Benefits of recruiting participants with friends and increasing social support for weight loss and maintenance

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 132-138

  Wing, Rena R ^a   Jeffery, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033016511     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.67.1.132     Document Type: Article

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