Influence of peers and friends on children's and adolescents' eating and activity behaviors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-378

  Salvy, Sarah Jeanne ^a   de la Haye, Kayla ^a   Bowker, Julie C ^b   Hermans, Roel C J ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Food intake; Food selection; Obesity; Peer influences; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JUVENILE; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEER GROUP;

EID: 84860476684     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.03.022     Document Type: Review

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