A randomised clinical trial of a meridian-based intervention for food cravings with six-month follow-up

Behaviour Change

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Stapleton, Peta ^a   Sheldon, Terri ^b   Porter, Brett ^b   Whitty, Jennifer ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Lakeside Rooms ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT); Energypsychology; Food cravings; Subjective power of food; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 79958731409     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.28.1.1     Document Type: Article

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