Is human seasonality implicated in the risk profile for obesity?

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-304

  Davis, Caroline ^a   Fox, John ^b   McCool, Catherine ^a   Wight, Karen ^a   Curtis, Claire ^a   Reid, Caroline ^a   Strimas, Rachel ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binge eating; BMI; Carbohydrate preference; Obesity; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BULIMIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956598676     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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