A pilot study evaluating a minimal contact telephone and mail weight management intervention for primary care patients

[1] Must A.(1999)The disease burden associated with overweight and obesity JAMA 282 1523-1529

[2] Spadano J.(2002)Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults 1999–2000 JAMA 288 1723-1727

[3] Coakley E.H.(1998)Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960–1994 Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord. 22 39-47

[4] Field A.E.(1999)The direct health care costs of obesity in the United States Am. J. Public Health 89 1194-1199

[5] Colditz G.(1998)Obesity, health services use, and health care costs among members of a health maintenance organization Arch. Intern. Med. 158 466-472

[6] Dietz W.H.(1990)Correspondence programs for smoking cessation and weight control: a comparison of two strategies in the Minnesota Heart Health Program Health Psychol. 9 585-598

[7] Flegal K.M.(1998)Consumer preferences in format and type of community-based weight control programs Am. J. Health Promot. 13 12-18

[8] Carroll M.D.(1990)Toward the development of self-help health behaviour change programs: weight loss by correspondence Can. J. Public Health 81 275-279

[9] Ogden C.L.(1982)Self-administered programs for health behavior change: smoking cessation and weight reduction by mail Addict Behav. 7 57-63

[10] Johnson C.L.(1998)Evaluation of an 8-week mailed healthy-weight intervention Prev. Med. 27 288-295

[1] Must A.(1999)The disease burden associated with overweight and obesity JAMA 282 1523-1529

[2] Spadano J.(2002)Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults 1999–2000 JAMA 288 1723-1727

[3] Coakley E.H.(1998)Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960–1994 Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord. 22 39-47

[4] Field A.E.(1999)The direct health care costs of obesity in the United States Am. J. Public Health 89 1194-1199

[5] Colditz G.(1998)Obesity, health services use, and health care costs among members of a health maintenance organization Arch. Intern. Med. 158 466-472

[6] Dietz W.H.(1990)Correspondence programs for smoking cessation and weight control: a comparison of two strategies in the Minnesota Heart Health Program Health Psychol. 9 585-598

[7] Flegal K.M.(1998)Consumer preferences in format and type of community-based weight control programs Am. J. Health Promot. 13 12-18

[8] Carroll M.D.(1990)Toward the development of self-help health behaviour change programs: weight loss by correspondence Can. J. Public Health 81 275-279

[9] Ogden C.L.(1982)Self-administered programs for health behavior change: smoking cessation and weight reduction by mail Addict Behav. 7 57-63

[10] Johnson C.L.(1998)Evaluation of an 8-week mailed healthy-weight intervention Prev. Med. 27 288-295