The LIFE program: A wellness approach to weight loss

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1089-1094

  Bowles, Stephen V ^a,b,c   Picano, James ^d   Epperly, Ted ^e,f   Myer, Stephanie ^g  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Family Medicine Residency of Idaho ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NAVY; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 33751093038     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.11.1089     Document Type: Article

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