Portion Distortion: Typical Portion Sizes Selected by Young Adults

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1412-1418

  Schwartz, Jaime ^a   Byrd Bredbenner, Carol ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748323262     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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