Children and eating. Personality and gender are associated with obesogenic food consumption and overweight in 6- to 12-year-olds

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1113-1117

  Vollrath, Margarete E ^a,b   Hampson, Sarah E ^c   Júlíusson, Pétur B ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Children; Diet; Eating; Food consumption; Gender; Obesity; Personality; Temperament; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEVOLENCE; BEVERAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONSCIENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

BENEFICENCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUCROSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NORWAY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84859366552     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.02.056     Document Type: Article

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