Understanding successful behaviour change: The role of intentions, attitudes to the target and motivations and the example of diet

Health Education Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-405

  Ogden, Jane ^a   Karim, Lubna ^a   Choudry, Abida ^a   Brown, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; GOALS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548386950     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl090     Document Type: Article

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