Delivering a behavior-change weight management program to teachers and state employees in North Carolina

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 378-383

  Dunn, Carolyn ^a   Whetstone, Lauren MacKenzie ^b   Kolasa, Kathryn M ^b   Jayaratne, K S U ^a   Thomas, Cathy ^c   Aggarwal, Surabhi ^a   Herget, Casey ^d   Rogers, Anne B ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c N Carolina Div of Public Health   (United States)

^d State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Change; Mindfulness; Prevention Research; Weight Management; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE GOVERNMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882331625     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.120221-QUAN-101     Document Type: Article

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