Financial incentives and weight control

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Jeffery, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Contracts; Costs; Incentives; Maintenance; Weight gain; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REINFORCEMENT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CONTRACTS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; REWARD; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84867230054     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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