Executive control resources and frequency of fatty food consumption: Findings from an age-stratified community sample

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-241

  Hall, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Cognition; Diet; Executive function; Fatty food; Health behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; LIPID DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS; STROOP TEST; ADOLESCENT; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FOOD; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY FATS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864865388     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025407     Document Type: Article

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