Structural social support predicts functional social support in an online weight loss programme

Health Expectations

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-352

  Hwang, Kevin O ^a   Etchegaray, Jason M ^a   Sciamanna, Christopher N ^b   Bernstam, Elmer V ^a,c   Thomas, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84899649745     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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