Are breaks in daily self-weighing associated with weight gain?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Helander, Elina E ^a   Vuorinen, Anna Leena ^b   Wansink, Brian ^c   Korhonen, Ilkka K J ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAILY SELF WEIGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF EXAMINATION; TIME; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; SELF CARE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84911901753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113164     Document Type: Article

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