Association of personality with the development and persistence of obesity: A meta-analysis based on individual-participant data

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-323

  Jokela, M ^a,b   Hintsanen, M ^a   Hakulinen, C ^a   Batty, G D ^b,c   Nabi, H ^d   Singh Manoux, A ^b,d   Kivimaki M ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Longitudinal analysis; Meta analysis; Obesity; Personality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTRAVERSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875051462     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12007     Document Type: Article

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