Features predicting weight loss in overweight or obese participants in a web-based intervention: Randomized trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Brindal, Emily ^a   Freyne, Jill ^a   Saunders, Ian ^a   Berkovsky, Shlomo ^a   Smith, Greg ^a   Noakes, Manny ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietetics; Internet; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERNET; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INTERNET; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84872436340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2156     Document Type: Article

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