To eat or not to eat: Affective and physiological mechanisms in the stress-eating relationship

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-240

  Rutledge, Thomas ^a   Linden, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Diet; Reactivity; Restraint; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL STRESS; OVERNUTRITION;

ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031814384     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018784015771     Document Type: Article

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