A randomized controlled trial of two weight-reducing short-term group treatment programs for obesity with an 18-month follow-up

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-55

  Stahre, Lisbeth ^a,c   Tärnell, Berit ^b   Håkanson, Carl Erik ^b   Hällström, Tore ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Huddinge Occupational Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Body weight; Cognitive; Obesity; Occupational medicine; RCT; Therapy; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34247550083     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02999227     Document Type: Article

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