Relationship between treatment preference and weight loss in the context of a randomized controlled trial

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1218-1222

  Borradaile, Kelley E ^a   Halpern, Scott D ^b   Wyatt, Holly R ^c   Klein, Samuel ^d   Hill, James O ^c   Bailer, Brooke ^a   Brill, Carrie ^c   Stein, Richard I ^d   Miller III, Bernard V ^d   Foster, Gary D ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PREFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84861575614     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.216     Document Type: Article

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