Testing a brief self-directed behavioral weight control program

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 47-53

  Linde, Jennifer A ^a   Jeffery, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79958696681     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2011.568992     Document Type: Article

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