Lack of willpower or lack of wherewithal? 'Internal' and 'external' barriers to changing diet and exercise in a three year follow-up of participants in a health check

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 461-465

  Ziebland, Sue ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^b   Yudkin, Pat ^a   Jones, Lesley ^a   Coulter, Angela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Diet; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLITION;

EID: 0032007867     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00190-1     Document Type: Article

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