Self-weighing in weight management interventions: A systematic review of literature

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 493-519

  Shieh, Carol ^a   Knisely, Mitchell R ^a   Clark, Daniel ^b,c   Carpenter, Janet S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Self monitoring; Self regulation; Self weighing; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; FREQUENCY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF MONITORING; SELF WEIGHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CARE; SELF CONTROL; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; OBESITY; SELF CARE; SELF-CONTROL; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84958206330     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: 18780318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2016.01.004     Document Type: Review

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