Weight and body composition change over a six-week holiday period

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wagner, Dale R ^a   Larson, J N ^a   Wengreen, H ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat; Christmas; New year; Thanksgiving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PERCEPTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84862889069     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325328     Document Type: Article

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