Framing financial incentives to increase physical activity among overweight and obese adults a randomized, controlled trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 385-394

  Patel, Mitesh S ^a   Asch MD, David A ^b   Rosin, Roy ^b   Small, Dylan S ^c   Bellamy, Scarlett L ^a   Heuer, Jack ^d   Sproat, Susan ^d   Hyson, Chris ^d   Haff, Nancy ^e   Lee, Samantha M ^f   Wesby, Lisa ^a   Hoffer, Karen ^a   Shuttleworth, David ^a   Taylor, Devon H ^a   Hilbert, Victoria ^a   Zhu, Jingsan ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Wang, Xingmei ^a   Volpp, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROCEDURES; REWARD; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REWARD; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84960923137     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1635     Document Type: Article

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