Benefits of adding small financial incentives or optional group meetings to a web-based statewide obesity initiative

Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-76

  Leahey, Tricia M ^a,b   Subak, Leslee L ^c   Fava, Joseph ^d   Schembri, Michael ^c   Thomas, Graham ^b,d   Xu, Xiaomeng ^e   Krupel, Katie ^d   Kent, Kimberly ^d   Boguszewski, Katherine ^d   Kumar, Rajiv ^f   Weinberg, Brad ^f   Wing, Rena ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Shape Up ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET BEHVIORAL WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHAPE UP INTERNET BEHAVIORAL PROGRAM; SHAPE UP INTERNET PROGRAM AND GROUP SESSION; SHAPE UP INTERNET PROGRAM INCENTIVE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEB BROWSER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHODE ISLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RHODE ISLAND; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84928255094     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20937     Document Type: Article

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