Commercial weight reduction programme reduces weight more than self-help materials

Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 179-181

  Heshka, S ^a   Anderson, J ^d   Atkinson, R ^d   Gadde, Kishore M ^b   Nanchahal, Kiran ^c  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; LITHIUM;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SELF HELP; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 3142686721     PISSN: 14629410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9410(03)00071-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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