A self-regulation program for maintenance of weight loss

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1563-1571

  Wing, Rena R ^a,b,d   Tate, Deborah F ^c   Gorin, Amy A ^a,b   Raynor, Hollie A ^a,b   Fava, Joseph L ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d WEIGHT CONTROL AND DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT FLUCTUATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33749597936     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa061883     Document Type: Article

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