Social ideological influences on food consumption, physical activity and BMI

Appetite

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-296

  Wang, W C ^a   Worsley, A ^b   Cunningham, E G ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Evening meal patterns; Female baby boomers; Physical activity; Social ideologies; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BABY BOOMER; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70449699902     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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