Judgments of body weight based on food intake: A pervasive cognitive bias among restrained eaters

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-71

  Vartanian, Lenny R ^a   Herman, C Peter ^b   Polivy, Janet ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body weight judgements; Cognitive biases; Restrained eaters

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 37349058217     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20440     Document Type: Article

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