The amount eaten in meals by humans is a power function of the number of people present

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 121-125

  de Castro, John M ^a   Brewer, E Marie ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deprivation ratio; Eating behaviors; Macronutrients; Meal duration; Meal size; Power function; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD HABITS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SATIETY RESPONSE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026604742     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(92)90212-K     Document Type: Article

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