A randomised trial of an internet weight control resource: The UK Weight Control Trial [ISRCTN58621669]
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A randomised trial of an internet weight control resource: The UK Weight Control Trial [ISRCTN58621669]
BACKGROUND Obesity treatment is notoriously unsuccessful and one of the barriers to successful weight loss reported by patients is a lack of social support. The Internet offers a novel and fast approach to the delivery of health information, enabling 24-hour access to help and advice. However, much of the health information available on the Internet is unregulated or not written by qualified he...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-3-19