Television viewing is associated with an increase in meal frequency in humans

Appetite

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-113

  Stroebele, Nanette ^a   De Castro, John M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy intake; Frequency of meals; Obesity; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; MEAL FREQUENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; TELEVISION; TELEVISION VIEWING;

EID: 1242339678     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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