Participants' explanatory model of being overweight and their experiences of 2 weight loss interventions

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-257

  Ahern, Amy L ^a   Boyland, Emma J ^a   Jebb, Susan A ^a   Cohn, Simon R ^b  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Primary health care; Public private sector partnerships; Qualitative research; Weight loss programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; PROCEDURES; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAMS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84878156144     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1446     Document Type: Article

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