Eating and emotion: Focusing on the lunchtime meal

British Food Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-208

  Brown, Lorraine ^a   Edwards, John ^a   Hartwell, Heather ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Emotions; Individual psychology; Lunchtime meal; Relationships; Students; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873422098     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701311302186     Document Type: Article

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