Preventing weight gain in adults: The pound of prevention study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 747-751

  Jeffery, Robert W ^a   French, Simone A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033018620     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.5.747     Document Type: Article

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