The Weight Loss Experience: A Descriptive Analysis

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-106

  Jeffery, Robert W ^a,b   Kelly, Kristina M ^b   Rothman, Alexander J ^b   Sherwood, Nancy E ^a   Boutelle, Kerri N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; REWARD; THINKING; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 1642264305     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2702_4     Document Type: Article

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