A theoretically grounded systematic review of material incentives for weight loss: Implications for interventions

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-388

  Burns, Rachel J ^a   Donovan, Angela S ^b   Ackermann, Ronald T ^c   Finch, Emily A ^b   Rothman, Alexander J ^a   Jeffery, Robert W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Incentives; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84872275264     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9403-4     Document Type: Article

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