Tailor Made: A Pilot Virtual Weight Loss Intervention Individually Tailored for African American Men.
This study tests the acceptability and feasibility of the first virtual weight loss study individually tailored for middle-aged African American men. Tailor Made is a 3-month randomized controlled pilot of a weight loss intervention that included 58 overweight or obese African American men (mean age...
| Publicado en: | Health Promotion Practice Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 529 - 544 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
May2025
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