Primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment versus standard care: A randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9801, 2011, Pages 1485-1492

  Jebb, Susan A ^a   Ahern, Amy L ^a   Olson, Ashley D ^a   Aston, Louise M ^a   Holzapfel, Christina ^b   Stoll, Julia ^b   Amann Gassner, Ulrike ^b   Simpson, Annie E ^c   Fuller, Nicholas R ^c   Pearson, Suzanne ^c   Lau, Namson S ^c   Mander, Adrian P ^d   Hauner, Hans ^b   Caterson, Ian D ^c  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80054951979     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61344-5     Document Type: Article

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