Effects of a general practice guided web-based weight reduction program - Results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mehring, Michael ^a   Haag, Max ^a   Linde, Klaus ^a   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^b   Frensch, Florian ^c   Blome, Jasper ^c   Schneider, Antonius ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HausMed EHealth Services GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Randomized controlled trial; Web based; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET, REDUCING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84878632718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-76     Document Type: Article

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