Outcome expectations and realizations as predictors of weight regain among dieters

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-63

  Moore, Susan D ^a   King, Abby C ^a   Kiernan, Michaela ^a   Gardner, Christopher D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Obesity; Outcome expectations; Outcome realizations; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; DIET; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, REDUCING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78650402430     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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