Self-controlled children stay leaner in the transition to adolescence

Appetite

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 304-308

  Duckworth, Angela L ^a   Tsukayama, Eli ^a   Geier, Andrew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BMI; Children; Impulsivity; Obesity; Overweight; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 76949108170     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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