Engaging men in weight loss: Experiences of men who participated in the male only SHED-IT pilot study

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Morgan, Philip J ^a   Warren, Janet M ^b   Lubans, David R ^a   Collins, Clare E ^a   Callister, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Danone Baby Nutrition   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiences; Men; Obesity; Perceptions; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP, EXERCISE, DIET AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80051689175     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2011.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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