The Ecology of Eating: Smaller Portion Sizes in France Than in the United States Help Explain the French Paradox

Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 450-454

  Rozin, Paul ^a   Kabnick, Kimberly ^a   Pete, Erin ^a   Fischler, Claude ^b   Shields, Christy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PARIS; PHILADELPHIA; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0142023193     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.02452     Document Type: Article

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