Internet-based weight control: The relationship between web features and weight loss

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 775-782

  Krukowski, Rebecca A ^a   Harvey Berino, Jean ^b   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^b   Thomas, Colleen S ^b   Micco, Nicci ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c Eating Well Magazine   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Internet based weight control programs; VTrim; Web features

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; FEEDBACK; MAINTENANCE; WEIGHING; WEIGHT CONTROL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CLUSTERING; CONTROL PROGRAMS; FOCUS GROUPS; ON-LINE; SOCIAL SUPPORTS; VTRIM; WEB FEATURES; WEB-SITE; WEIGHT LOSSES;

INTERNET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET PROTOCOL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEB BROWSER; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 54949110519     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0132     Document Type: Article

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