Correlates of motivation to prevent weight gain: A cross sectional survey

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Wammes, Birgitte ^a,c   Kremers, Stef ^b   Breedveld, Boudewijn ^c   Brug, Johannes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c The Netherlands Nutrition Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Motivation; Predictors; Prevention; Stages of change; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 18144374866     PISSN: 14795868     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-2-1     Document Type: Article

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