Participant characteristics and reach of a commercial web-based weight loss program

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Neve, Melinda J ^a   Morgan, Philip J ^b   Collins, Clare E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Industry; Internet; Population characteristic; Target population; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649757587     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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