Personality traits, education, physical exercise, and childhood neurological function as independent predictors of adult obesity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Helen ^a   Furnham, Adrian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIENCE; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84892493891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079586     Document Type: Article

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