Does weight loss maintenance become easier over time?

Obesity Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 438-444

  Klem, Mary Lou ^a   Wing, Rena R ^a   Lang, Wei ^a   McGuire, Maureen T ^b   Hill, James O ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Relapse; Weight loss maintenance; Weight maintenance strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034265703     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2000.54     Document Type: Article

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