Teammates and social influence affect weight loss outcomes in a team-based weight loss competition

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1413-1418

  Leahey, Tricia M ^a   Kumar, Rajiv ^b   Weinberg, Brad M ^b   Wing, Rena R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ShapeUp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RHODE ISLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84862871986     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.18     Document Type: Article

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