From pills to programs: lessons from medicine for developing effective lifestyle interventions.

OBJECTIVE: To propose a scheme for comprehensive development and evaluation of lifestyle interventions. METHODS: We adapted the four-phase system used in drug development, the engine of progress in medicine for decades, to construct a system for developing lifestyle intervention programs. RESULTS: P...

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Published in:Preventive Medicine Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 12 - 19
Main Authors: Rosen LJ, Manor O, Brody DL, Engelhard D, Shtarkshall RA, Zucker D
Format: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Academic Press Inc. Aug2009
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