Provision of commercial weight management programmes

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9801, 2011, Pages 1444-1445

  Jolly, Kate ^a   Aveyard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80054940480     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61186-0     Document Type: Note

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