Do social activities substitute for food in youth?

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-212

  Salvy, Sarah Jeanne ^a   Nitecki, Lauren A ^a   Epstein, Leonard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Children; Food reinforcement; Social activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THINNESS;

EID: 77949911988     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-009-9145-0     Document Type: Article

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