Weight change in a commercial web-based weight loss program and its association with website use: Cohort study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Neve, Melinda ^a,b   Morgan, Philip J ^a,b   Collins, Clare E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commercial; Internet; Intervention; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 81855206677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1756     Document Type: Article

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