What help do young women want in their efforts to control their weight? Implications for program development

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-104

  Crawford, David ^a   Ball, Kylie ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Individual counselling; Preference; Tailore dintervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249780128     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2007.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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