Computer-based interventions for weight loss or weight maintenance in overweight or obese people

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Folse, Suzanne Brodney ^b   Falzon, Louise ^a   Trudeau, Kimberlee J ^c   Sciamanna, Chris N ^d   Schwartz, Joseph E ^e   Davidson, Karina W ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Health and Wellness Division   (United States)

^c INFLEXXION INC   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THEORY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70249122704     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007675     Document Type: Review

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