Alternatives to monetary incentives for employee weight loss

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 429-431

  Lesser, Lenard I ^a   Puhl, Rebecca M ^b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COWORKER; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; ETHICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; MOTIVATION; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OVERWEIGHT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84896504877     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.11.017     Document Type: Review

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