A statewide intervention reduces BMI in adults: Shape up rhode island results

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 991-995

  Wing, Rena R ^a,b   Pinto, Angela M ^c   Crane, Melissa M ^b   Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Weinberg, Brad M ^a   Gorin, Amy A ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RHODE ISLAND; SOFTWARE; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 67349276149     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.655     Document Type: Article

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