Advances and controversies in the design of obesity prevention trials

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2163-2170

  Stevens, June ^a   Taber, Daniel R ^a   Murray, David M ^b   Ward, Dianne S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Clinical trials; Epidemiology; Prevention; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35549000519     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.257     Document Type: Review

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