Improving weight loss outcomes of community interventions by incorporating behavioral strategies

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2513-2519

  Wing, Rena R ^a   Crane, Melissa M ^b   Thomas, J Graham ^b   Kumar, Rajiv ^a   Weinberg, Brad ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RHODE ISLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78649886195     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.183616     Document Type: Article

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