Which weight-loss programmes are as effective as Weight Watchers®?: Non-inferiority analysis

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 620, 2014, Pages

  Madigan, Claire D ^a   Daley, Amanda J ^a   Lewis, Amanda L ^b   Jolly, Kate ^a   Aveyard, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obesity; Primary health care; Weight loss; Weight reduction programmes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ROSEMARY CONLEY; SELF CONCEPT; SLIMMING WORLD; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEIGHT WATCHERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LOW CALORY DIET; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

COHORT STUDIES; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84896689205     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X677491     Document Type: Article

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