What consumers want to know about commercial weight-loss programs: A pilot investigation

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-53

  Wang, Shirley S ^a,b   Wadden, Thomas A ^a   Womble, Leslie G ^a   Nonas, Cathy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial programs; Consumers; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; COST; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMERCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0038073061     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.9     Document Type: Article

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