Measuring Perceived Barriers to Healthful Eating in Obese, Treatment-seeking Adults

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 507-512

  Welsh, Ericka M ^a   Jeffery, Robert W ^a   Levy, Rona L ^b   Langer, Shelby L ^b   Flood, Andrew P ^a   Jaeb, Melanie A ^a   Laqua, Patricia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating; Obesity; Perceived barriers; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84868657262     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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