American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 118-126 , August 2008

Weight Loss During the Intensive Intervention Phase of the Weight-Loss Maintenance Trial

  • Jack F. Hollis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Jack Hollis, PhD, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, 3800 N. Interstate Avenue, Portland OR 97227.
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  • Christina M. Gullion, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon
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  • Victor J. Stevens, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon
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  • Phillip J. Brantley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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  • Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Jamy D. Ard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Catherine M. Champagne, PhD, RD

      Affiliations

    • Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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  • Arlene Dalcin

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Thomas P. Erlinger, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Medical Branch, Austin, Texas
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  • Kristine Funk, MS, RD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon
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  • Daniel Laferriere, RN, MSN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon
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  • Pao-Hwa Lin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Catherine M. Loria, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Carmen Samuel-Hodge, PhD, RD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • William M. Vollmer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon
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  • Laura P. Svetkey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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  • Weight Loss Maintenance Trial Research Group

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PII: S0749-3797(08)00374-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.04.013

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 118-126 , August 2008

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