The impact of personality traits on the success of a multimodal obesity treatment

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 119-124

  Lahmann, Claas ^a   Henrich, Gerhard ^a   Henningsen, Peter ^a   Baessler, Andrea ^b   Fischer, Markus ^b   Loew, Thomas ^b   Tritt, Karin ^b   Pieh, Christoph ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

behavioral medicine; diet; obesity; personality traits; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84856265858     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2011.635169     Document Type: Article

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