The 'freshman 15': Trends and predictors in a sample of multiethnic men and women

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Gillen, Meghan M ^a   Lefkowitz, Eva S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Freshman 15; Gender; Race ethnicity; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FRESHMAN 15; HEALTH BELIEF; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055108636     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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