McConnon, A, Kirk, SF, Cockroft, JE et al. (5 more authors) (2007) The Internet for weight control in an obese sample: results of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 7. 206 - ? . ISSN 1472-6963
Abstract
Rising levels of obesity coupled with the limited success of currently available weight control methods highlight the need for investigation of novel approaches to obesity treatment. This study aims to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an Internet-based resource for obesity management.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2007 McConnon et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Adult, attitude to health, cost-benefit analysis, data collection, diet, female, health promotion, humans, internet, life style, male, middle aged, motor activity, obesity, outcome and process assessment (Health Care), quality-adjusted life years, questionnaires, weight loss |
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Institution: | The University of York, The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Centre for Health Economics (York) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM) (Leeds) > Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2013 14:33 |
Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2016 15:01 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-206 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Biomed Central |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/1472-6963-7-206 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:75613 |