Treatment options for obesity: Do commercial weight loss programs have a role?

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1837-1838

  Wing, Rena R ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET; EDITORIAL; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; FOOD; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD; HUMANS; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78049329006     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1529     Document Type: Editorial

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