Workplace weight loss program; Comparing live and internet methods

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1112-1118

  Touger Decker, Riva ^a   Denmark, Robert ^a   Bruno, Maura ^a   O'Sullivan Maillet, Julie ^a   Lasser, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649674324     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f9ee8c     Document Type: Article

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