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Eighty five percent of overweight participants and 100% of obese participants reported being Moderately Likely or Very Likely to participate in a provided weight control program.
Practitioners can target overweight and obese adult civilian dependents of military personnel for weight control programs.
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Eighty five percent of overweight participants and 100% of obese participants reported being Moderately Likely or Very Likely to participate in a provided weight control program.
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Pilot Study to Determine Interest of Adult Civilian Dependents of Active Duty Military Personnel in Participation in a Weight Control Program
Asma S Bukhari et al. · Military Medicine · 2014
DOI 10.7205/milmed-d-13-00321
cross-sectional · n=191
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