Social networks and social norms are associated with obesity treatment outcomes

Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1550-1554

  Leahey, Tricia M ^a   Doyle, Caroline Y ^b   Xu, Xiaomeng ^c   Bihuniak, Jessica ^a   Wing, Rena R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NORM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY MASS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84937521877     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.21074     Document Type: Article

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