Long-term maintenance of weight loss: Current status

Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 5-16

  Jeffery, Robert W ^a,b   Epstein, Leonard H ^d   Wilson, G Terence ^f   Drewnowski, Adam ^c   Stunkard, Albert J ^e   Wing, Rena R ^g,h   Hill, Dana Robin ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

ⁱ NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Maintenance review; Obesity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033629395     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0278-6133.19.suppl1.5     Document Type: Article

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