Individual versus group therapy for obesity: Comparison of dropout rate and treatment outcome

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 161-167

  Minniti, Alessia ^a,b   Bissoli, L ^a   Di Francesco, V ^a   Fantin, F ^a   Mandragona, R ^a   Olivieri, M ^a   Fontana, G ^a   Rinaldi, C ^a   Bosello, O ^a   Zamboni, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural group treatment; Dropout; Obesity; Overweight; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BING EATING SCALE TEST; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY UNEASINESS TEST; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; OBESITY RELATED WELL BEING 97 QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE SYMPTOM DISTRESS INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 40849150780     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327593     Document Type: Article

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