Prevalence of personal weight control attempts in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 32-50

  Santos, I ^a   Sniehotta, F F ^b,c   Marques, M M ^a   Carraca E V ^a   Teixeira, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maintenance; motives; strategies; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER REVIEW; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING; ASIA; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION;

ADULT; ASIA; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT MAINTENANCE; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84988589033     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12466     Document Type: Review

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