Associations of internet website use with weight change in a long-term weight loss maintenance program

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Funk, Kristine L ^a   Stevens, Victor J ^a   Appe, Lawrence J ^b   Bauck, Alan ^a   Brantley, Phillip J ^c   Champagne, Catherine M ^c   Coughlin, Janelle ^b   Dalcin, Arlene T ^b   Harvey Berino, Jean ^d   Hollis, Jack F ^a   Jerome, Gerald J ^e   Kennedy, Betty M ^c   Lien, Lillian F ^f   Myers, Valerie H ^c   Samuel Hodge, Carmen ^f   Svetkey, Laura P ^f   Vollmer, William M ^a  

^a Center for Health Research   (United States)

^b University School of Medicine   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral strategies; Internet; Intervention; Weight loss; Weight maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SELF CARE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77957604796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1504     Document Type: Article

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