Weight loss by mobile phone: A 1-year effectiveness study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2382-2391

  Haapala, Irja ^a   Barengo, Noël C ^b,c   Biggs, Simon ^d   Surakka, Leena ^a,e   Manninen, Pirjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contact; Internet; Mobile phone; Weight maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CELLULAR PHONE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVERWEIGHT; SELF EFFICACY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 74949139922     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005230     Document Type: Article

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