Help not hype: Getting real about weight loss

Obesity Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-21

  Greenwood, M R C ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REALITY INITIATIVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34247647697     PISSN: 15451712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/obe.2007.0004     Document Type: Review

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