Who gains or who loses weight? Psychosocial factors among first-year university students

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-141

  Provencher, Véronique ^a   Polivy, Janet ^a   Wintre, Maxine Gallander ^b   Pratt, Michael W ^c   Pancer, S Mark ^c   Birnie Lefcovitch, Shelly ^d   Adams, Gerald R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eating attitudes and behaviors; Freshmen; Psychosocial influences; Restrained eating; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649178911     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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