Personality characteristics in adolescence predict long-term changes in body fatness

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Koppes, Lando L J ^a   de Boer, Michiel R ^b   Samoocha, David ^a   Kreuk, Irene M T ^a,b   Pouwer, Frans ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^a,b   van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life style behaviors; Obesity; Personality characteristics; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 39449129544     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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