Relationship of obesity to job stress and eating behavior in male Japanese workers

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 528-533

  Nishitani, N ^a   Sakakibara, H ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Eating behavior; Job stress; Tension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TENSION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644634494     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803153     Document Type: Article

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