A pilot study evaluating a minimal contact telephone and mail weight management intervention for primary care patients

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Boutelle, K N ^a,d   Dubbert, P ^b   Vander Weg, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b G V SONNY MONTGOMERY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Intervention; Mail; Obesity treatment; Phone; Weight loss; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLE; VETERAN; WEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 30744447468     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03354659     Document Type: Article

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