Effectiveness of the online weight reduction program KiloCoach™ and comparison with other evaluated commercial direct intervention and online programs

Obesity Facts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-383

  Longin, Rita ^a   Grasse, Marina ^b   Aspalter, Rosa ^a   Waldherr, Karin ^b  

^a KiloCoach EU   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Internet program; Obesity; Online program; Overweight; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMERCE; COUNSELING; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84862497514     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339726     Document Type: Article

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