Weight Management: Approaches

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition

Volumn 4-4, Issue , 2012, Pages 404-409

  Finer, N ^a  

^a LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral modification; Diet; Energy expenditure; Energy intake; Exercise; Obesity; Physical activity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885448724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375083-9.00282-8     Document Type: Chapter

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