Systematic review and meta-analysis of internet-delivered interventions providing personalized feedback for weight loss in overweight and obese adults

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 541-551

  Sherrington, A ^a,b   Newham, J J ^a   Bell, R ^a   Adamson, A ^a,b   Mccoll, E ^a,b   Araujo Soares, V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; Internet interventions; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; DATA BASE; DIET; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET DELIVERED WEIGHT LOSS INTERVENTION; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FEEDBACK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BODY MASS INDEX; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84960145280     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12396     Document Type: Article

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