Halo effect of a weight-loss trial on spouses: The DIRECT-Spouse study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 544-549

  Golan, Rachel ^a   Schwarzfuchs, Dan ^b   Stampfer, Meir J ^c   Shai, Iris ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIET, REDUCING; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77951240839     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991273     Document Type: Article

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