Preventing weight gain in first year college students: An online intervention to prevent the "freshman fifteen"

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Gow, Rachel W ^a   Trace, Sara E ^a   Mazzeo, Suzanne E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College freshman; Obesity prevention; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749135592     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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