The role of motivation to eat in the prediction of weight control behaviors in female and male adolescents

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-114

  Thøgersen Ntoumani, Cecilie ^a   Ntoumanis, Nikos ^a   Barkoukis, Vassilis ^b   Spray, Christopher M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Coping; Dieting; Longitudinal; Pleasure; Social

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE; VOMITING; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65549128064     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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