Why do people fail to turn good intentions into action? The role of executive control processes in the translation of healthy eating intentions into action in young Scottish adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Allan, Julia L ^a   Johnston, Marie ^b   Campbell, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FOOD HABITS; GOALS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 42549163441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-123     Document Type: Article

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