Cool and independent or foolish and undisciplined? Adolescents' prototypes of (un)healthy eaters and their association with eating behaviour

Appetite

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-413

  Gerrits, Joanne H ^a   de Ridder, Denise T D ^a   de Wit, John B F ^a   Kuijer, Roeline G ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Eating behaviour; Peers; Prototypes; Social image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 70449703306     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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