Initial engagement and attrition in a national weight management program: demographic and health predictors

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 358-368

  Funderburk, J S ^a,b,c   Arigo, D ^a,d   Kenneson, A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Engagement; Health care; Obesity; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; VETERANS HEALTH; WEIGHT CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VETERAN; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; VETERANS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84983516873     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-015-0335-y     Document Type: Article

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