A clinical trial on weight loss among truck drivers

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 104-112

  Thiese, M S ^a   Effiong, A C ^a   Ott, U ^a   Passey, D G ^b   Arnold, Z C ^a   Ronna, B B ^a   Muthe, P A ^a   Wood, E M ^a   Murtaugh, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health education; Motor vehicles; Nutrition therapy; Obesity; Occupational health; Workplace

Indexed keywords

FAT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DRIVER; EXERCISE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84927710712     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2015.551     Document Type: Article

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