Weight loss expectations and goals in a population sample of overweight and obese US adults

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2445-2450

  Fabricatore, Anthony N ^a   Wadden, Thomas A ^a   Rohay, Jeffrey M ^b   Pillitteri, Janine L ^b   Shiffman, Saul ^b   Harkins, Andrea M ^c   Burton, Steven L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PINNEY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 55249085096     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.383     Document Type: Article

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