Two-year outcomes of an adjunctive telephone coaching and electronic contact intervention for adolescent weight-loss maintenance: The Loozit randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 468-472

  Nguyen, B ^a   Shrewsbury, V A ^a   O'Connor, J ^a   Steinbeck, K S ^a   Hill, A J ^b   Shah, S ^c   Kohn, M R ^d   Torvaldsen, S ^e   Baur, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Primary Health Care Education and Research Unit   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescent; cellular phone; group therapy; randomized controlled trial; weight loss; weight maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; TELEPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84875221333     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.74     Document Type: Article

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