FIT - do something different: A new behavioral programfor sustainedweight loss

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Fletcher, Ben C ^a   Hanson, Jill ^b   Page, Nadine ^a   Pine, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; FIT science; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551705363     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000035     Document Type: Article

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