Weight, blood pressure, and dietary benefits after 12 months of a web-based nutrition education program (DASH for health): Longitudinal observational study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Moore, Thomas J ^a,c   Alsabeeh, Nour ^d   Apovian, Caroline M ^a   Murphy, Megan C ^a   Coffman, Gerald A ^b   Cullum Dugan, Diana ^d   Jenkins, Mark ^d   Cabral, Howard ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Behavior change; Blood pressure; Diet; Health education; Hypertension; Internet; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CARE; STANDARD;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 58149248019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1114     Document Type: Article

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