The role of implicit attitudes towards food and physical activity in the treatment of youth obesity

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Craeynest, Mietje ^a,b,c   Crombez, Geert ^a,b,c   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b,c   Tanghe, Ann ^b,c   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a,b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Ghent University ^*  (Belgium)

^c Research Institute for Psychology and Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; EAST; Food; Implicit; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 37449024708     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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