Outcomes of a specialist weight management programme in the UK National Health Service: Prospective study of 1838 patients

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Logue, Jennifer ^a   Allardice, Gwen ^b,c   Gillies, Michelle ^a   Forde, Lorna ^c   Morrison, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b West of Scotland Cancer Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW CALORY DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892896913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003747     Document Type: Article

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