Young adult exercisers and nonexercisers differ in food attitudes, perceived dietary changes, and food choices

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 402-413

  Georgiou, Constance ^a   Betts, Nancy ^b   Hoos, Terri ^a   Glenn, Marty ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary behavior; Exercise; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030459156     PISSN: 10501606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsn.6.4.402     Document Type: Article

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