College students' motivation to achieve and maintain a healthy weight

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-263

  Furia, Andrea C ^a   Lee, Rebecca E ^b   Strother, Myra L ^c   Huang, Terry T K ^d  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Motivation; Obesity; Overweight; Weight maintenance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049113512     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.33.3.4     Document Type: Article

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