Weight-related behavior among adolescents: The role of peer effects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Ali, Mir M ^a,b   Amialchuk, Aliaksandr ^a   Heiland, Frank W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRIENDSHIP; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPORT; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNDERWEIGHT; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FRIEND; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP;

EID: 79959546321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021179     Document Type: Article

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