A mindfulness-based health wellness program for individuals with prader-willi syndrome

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-106

  Singh, Nirbhay N ^a   Lancioni, Giulio E ^b   Singh, Ashvind N A ^a   Winton, Alan S W ^c   Singh, Angela D A ^a   Singh, Judy ^a  

^a American Health and Wellness Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BMI; Desired body weight; Mindfulness based health wellness program; Obesity; Prader willi syndrome; Satiety response

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960499782     PISSN: 19315864     EISSN: 19315872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19315864.2011.583489     Document Type: Article

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