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Participants’ Explanatory Model of Being Overweight and Their Experiences of 2 Weight Loss Interventions

Amy L. Ahern, Emma J. Boyland, Susan A. Jebb and Simon R. Cohn
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2013, 11 (3) 251-257; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1446
Amy L. Ahern
1MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Emma J. Boyland
1MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Susan A. Jebb
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Simon R. Cohn
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vol. 11 no. 3 251-257
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1446
PubMed 
23690325

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication November 22, 2011
  • Revision received July 3, 2012
  • Accepted for publication August 8, 2012
  • Published online May 20, 2013.

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  1. Amy L. Ahern, PhD1⇑,
  2. Emma J. Boyland, PhD1,
  3. Susan A. Jebb, PhD1 and
  4. Simon R. Cohn, PhD2
  1. 1MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  2. 2Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Amy L. Ahern, PhD, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Fulbourn Rd, Cambridge, CB1 9NL, UK, Amy.Ahern{at}mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk

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