ERIC Number: EJ372764
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Publication Date: 1988
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The Efficacy of Weight-Loss Clinics: An Issue in Consumer Health Education.
Thomas, Susan E.
Health Education (Washington D.C.), v19 n1 p19-21 Feb-Mar 1988
Weight loss clinics based on scientific fact and containing diet therapy, exercise therapy, and behavior modification components can be effective vehicles for weight loss among the mildly to moderately obese. Health educators are called on to disseminate the information necessary to establish scientifically based criteria and program evaluation criteria. (CB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Body Weight, Dietetics, Exercise, Health Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Language: English
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