Daily self-weighing to control body weight in adults: A critical review of the literature

SAGE Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Pacanowski, Carly R ^a   Bertz, Fredrik ^b   Levitsky, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Behavioral strategies; Body weight; Obesity; Psychology; Self weighing; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927664393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014556992     Document Type: Article

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