Social models provide a norm of appropriate food intake for young women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Vartanian, Lenny R ^a   Sokol, Nicole ^a   Herman, C Peter ^b   Polivy, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTION SIZE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE PREFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893190636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079268     Document Type: Article

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