Weight outcomes audit for 34,271 adults referred to a primary care/commercial weight management partnership scheme

Obesity Facts

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Stubbs, R James ^a   Pallister, Carolyn ^a   Whybrow, Stephen ^b   Avery, Amanda ^a   Lavin, Jacquie ^a  

^a SLIMMING WORLD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Commercial slimming organisation; Effectiveness; Obesity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79956115500     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327249     Document Type: Article

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