Cost-effectiveness of a behavioral weight loss intervention for low-income women: The Weight-Wise Program

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 390-395

  Gustafson, Alison ^a   Khavjou, Olga ^b   Stearns, Sally C ^a   Keyserling, Thomas C ^c   Gizlice, Ziya ^d   Lindsley, Sara ^d   Bramble, Kathy ^d   Garcia, Beverly ^d   Johnston, Larry ^d   Will, Julie ^e   Poindexter, Patricia ^e   Ammerman, Alice S ^a,d   Samuel Hodge, Carmen D ^a,d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Intervention; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70350618204     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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