Is personality related to fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity in adolescents?

Health Education Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 635-644

  De Bruijn, Gert Jan ^a   Kremers, Stef P J ^a   Van Mechelen, Willem ^b   Brug, Johannes ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 27644578525     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyh025     Document Type: Article

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