Implementation of an Internet Weight Loss Program in a Worksite Setting

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ross, Kathryn M ^a   Wing, Rena R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLLEGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SELF MONITORING; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKPLACE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OVERWEIGHT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84958231413     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/9372515     Document Type: Article

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