The utility of monetary contingency contracts for weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 434-451

  Sykes Muskett, Bianca J ^a   Prestwich, Andrew ^a   Lawton, Rebecca J ^a   Armitage, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contracting; incentives; obesity; weight loss

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REWARD; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CONTRACTS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REWARD; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84945300209     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2015.1030685     Document Type: Review

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