Individual differences in executive function predict distinct eating behaviours

Appetite

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-130

  Allom, Vanessa ^a,b   Mullan, Barbara ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Executive function; Healthy eating; Inhibitory control; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOUBLE DISSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; STROOP TEST; VEGETABLE; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901607298     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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