Using group support to complement a task-based weight management programme in multi-ethnic localities of high deprivation

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-137

  Hajek, Peter ^a   Humphrey, Kirsty ^a   McRobbie, Hayden ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural support; Group treatment; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOMETRY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953534242     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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