Positive and negative dimensions of weight control motivation

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-26

  Stotland, S ^a   Larocque, M ^b   Sadikaj, G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cliniques Motivation Minceur   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Motivation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EATING DISORDER; EATING HABIT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT CONTROL MOTIVATION SCALE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; EATING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84857980702     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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