The relative reinforcing value of food predicts weight gain in a longitudinal study of 7-10-y-old children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-281

  Hill, Claire ^a   Saxton, Jenny ^a   Webber, Laura ^a   Blundell, John ^b   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; REINFORCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY COMPOSITION; EATING; FOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADIPOSITY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 67949124682     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27479     Document Type: Article

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