Using goal se t ting, self-monitoring, and feedback to increase calorie expenditure in obese adults

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-83

  Donaldson, Jeanne M ^a,c   Normand, Matthew P ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

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EID: 64349104094     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: 1099078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bin.277     Document Type: Article

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