Weight loss in Weight Watchers Online with and without an activity tracking device compared to control: A randomized trial

Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1014-1021

  Thomas, J Graham ^a   Raynor, Hollie A ^b   Bond, Dale S ^a   Luke, Anna K ^a   Cardoso, Chelsi C ^b   Foster, Gary D ^c   Wing, Rena R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Weight Watchers International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ACTIVITY TRACKER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS TRACKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TELEMEDICINE; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 85018863694     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.21846     Document Type: Article

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