A pilot study testing the effect of different levels of financial incentives on weight loss among overweight employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 981-989

  Finkelstein, Eric A ^a   Linnan, Laura A ^b   Tate, Deborah F ^b   Birken, Ben E ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548561616     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31813c6dcb     Document Type: Article

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