Measuring social support for weight loss in an internet weight loss community

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 198-211

  Hwang, Kevin O ^a   Ottenbacher, Allison J ^b   Lucke, Joseph F ^c   Etchegaray, Jason M ^a   Graham, Amanda L ^d   Thomas, Eric J ^a   Bernstam, Elmer V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WRITING;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WEIGHT LOSS; WRITING;

EID: 79951524476     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.535106     Document Type: Article

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