Quality of life (QoL) and motivation for treatment: A female issue?

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Allegri, C ^a   Russo, E ^a   Roggi, C ^a   Cena, Hellas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Health Applied Sciences ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Decisional balance inventory; Motivation for weight loss treatment; Obesity; Obesity related wellbeing; Overweight; Quality of life; Treatment for weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISIONAL BALANCE INVENTORY QUESTIONNAIRE; DIET; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OBESITY RELATED WELL BEING QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 40749136303     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327787     Document Type: Article

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