Weight maintenance, behaviors and barriers among previous participants of a university-based weight control program

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 519-526

  Befort, C A ^a   Stewart, E E ^b   Smith, B K ^b   Gibson, C A ^c   Sullivan, D K ^a   Donnelly, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity treatment; Survey follow up; Weight loss maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EATING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 40949128779     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803769     Document Type: Article

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