Strategies to prevent weight gain in workplace and college settings: A systematic review

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 268-277

  Gudzune, Kimberly ^a,b   Hutfless, Susan ^a   Maruthur, Nisa ^a,b,c   Wilson, Renee ^c   Segal, Jodi ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Primary prevention; Review; Student health services; Workplace

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIETARY INTAKE; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

OBESITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OVERWEIGHT; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84883755516     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.03.004     Document Type: Review

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