Is success in weight loss treatment contagious (do attendance and outcomes cluster within treatment groups)?

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Simon, Gregory E ^a   Rohde, Paul ^b   Ludman, Evette J ^a   Jeffery, Robert W ^c   Linde, Jennifer A ^b   Operskalski, Belinda H ^a   Arterburn, David ^a   Finch, Emily A ^c  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Depression; Group psychotherapy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF MONITORING; TELECONSULTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84865771848     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2010.09.179     Document Type: Article

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