Social support in an Internet weight loss community

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-13

  Hwang, Kevin O ^a   Ottenbacher, Allison J ^a,b   Green, Angela P ^c,d   Cannon Diehl, M Roseann ^e   Richardson, Oneka ^a   Bernstam, Elmer V ^a,f   Thomas, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Obesity; Social support

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISCUSSION FORUM; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; MEAN AGES; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE DATA; SHARED EXPERIENCES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

INTERNET; NUTRITION; SURVEYS;

WEIGHING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OVERWEIGHT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 72049107819     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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