Personal and lifestyle characteristics predictive of the consumption of fast foods in Australia

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1456-1463

  Mohr, Philip ^a   Wilson, Carlene ^a   Dunn, Kirsten ^a,b   Brindal, Emily ^a,b   Wittert, Gary ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fast foods; Lifestyle; Obesity; Obesogenic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTAURANTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36348977435     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000109     Document Type: Article

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