Bright light for weight loss: Results of a controlled crossover trial

Obesity Facts

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-38

  Danilenko, Konstantin V ^a   Mustafina, Svetlana V ^a   Pechenkina, Ekaterina A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Appetite; Body fat; Bright light treatment; Overweight; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXPECTATION; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL PATTERN ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84874010130     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348549     Document Type: Article

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