Double trouble: Restrained eaters do not eat less and feel worse

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 686-700

  de Witt Huberts, Jessie C ^a   Evers, Catharine ^a   de Ridder, Denise T D ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dietary restraint; food intake; guilt; maladaptive eating patterns; restraint eating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDERS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878644195     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.751106     Document Type: Article

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