The benefits of body weight loss on health-related quality of life

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 169-175

  Pan, Hsiang Ju ^a   Cole, Beatriz M ^b,c   Geliebter, Allan ^b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b St Luke's Roosevelt Center for Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Health related quality of life (HRQOL); Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; WHOQOL BREF questionnaire Taiwanese version

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79953272828     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.01.038     Document Type: Article

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