Weight control behaviors of highly successful weight loss maintainers: the Portuguese Weight Control Registry

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 366-371

  Santos, Inês ^a   Vieira, Paulo N ^b   Silva, Marlene N ^a   Sardinha, Luís B ^a   Teixeira, Pedro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE EUROPEIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behaviors; Strategies; Weight Control Registry; Weight loss; Weight maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; REGISTER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; REGISTRIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84984835580     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-016-9786-y     Document Type: Article

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