American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 3 , Pages 625-627 , March 2006

The behavioral approach to treating obesity

  • Gary Foster, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Gary Foster, PhD, Eating Disorder Clinic, University of Pennsylvania, Suite 737, 3600 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2648.

Received 8 March 2005 ,Accepted 8 March 2005.

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 Supported by unrestricted educational grants from: Roche Laboratories, Inc, The R. W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Knoll Pharmaceuticals, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

PII: S0002-8703(05)00249-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.03.003

American Heart Journal
Volume 151, Issue 3 , Pages 625-627 , March 2006

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