A low-intensity intervention to prevent annual weight gain in active duty Air Force members

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 556-561

  Robbins, Anthony S ^a,b   Chao, Susan Y ^a   Baumgartner, Neal ^a   Runyan, Christine N ^a   Oordt, Mark S ^a   Fonseca, Vincent P ^a  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING HABIT; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOLDIER; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33745013445     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.6.556     Document Type: Article

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