The effect of the Thanksgiving holiday on weight gain

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Hull, Holly R ^a,c   Radley, Duncan ^b   Dinger, Mary K ^a   Fields, David A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Metabolic Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STUDENTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33751436468     PISSN: 14752891     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-5-29     Document Type: Article

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