Psychosocial outcomes of a pilot multidisciplinary program for weight management

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 348-354

  Brehm, Bonnie J ^a   Rourke, Kathleen M ^b   Cassell, Cindy ^c   Sethuraman, Gopalan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNION INSTITUTE AND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nutrition Access   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Obesity; Psychosocial; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OBESITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0141688090     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.4.6     Document Type: Article

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