Systematic review of the use of financial incentives in treatments for obesity and overweight

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-367

  Paul Ebhohimhen, V ^a,b   Avenell, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial incentives; Obesity; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DATA EXTRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONEY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 45249124513     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00409.x     Document Type: Review

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