Control yourself or just eat what you like? weight gain over a year is predicted by an interactive effect of response inhibition and implicit preference for snack foods

Health Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-393

  Nederkoorn, Chantal ^a   Houben, Katrijn ^a   Hofmann, Wilhelm ^b,c   Roefs, Anne ^a   Jansen, Anita ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Implicit preferences; Impulsivity; Obesity; Self control; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIET; EATING HABIT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; SELF CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONTROL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955328318     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019921     Document Type: Article

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