Setting targets leads to greater long-term weight losses and ‘unrealistic’ targets increase the effect in a large community-based commercial weight management group

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 687-696

  Avery, A ^a,b   Langley Evans, S C ^a   Harrington, M ^a   Swift, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SLIMMING WORLD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community weight loss; setting targets goals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GOALS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84995487914     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12390     Document Type: Article

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