Success of women in a worksite weight loss program: Does being part of a group help?

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-130

  Rigsby, Andrea ^a   Gropper, Daniel M ^b   Gropper, Sareen S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group; Individual; Worksite weight loss program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 65549135634     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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