Weight Loss with Self-help Compared with a Structured Commercial Program: A Randomized Trial

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1792-1798

  Heshka, Stanley ^a,i   Anderson, James W ^b   Atkinson, Richard L ^c   Greenway, Frank L ^d   Hill, James O ^e   Phinney, Stephen D ^f   Kolotkin, Ronette L ^g   Miller Kovach, Karen ^h   Pi Sunyer, F Xavier ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Obesity and Quality of Life Consulting   (United States)

^h Weight Watchers International   (United States)

ⁱ ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF CARE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037840406     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.14.1792     Document Type: Article

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