The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak: The moderating effect of implicit associations on healthy eating behaviors

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-72

  Mai, Robert ^a   Hoffmann, Stefan ^a   Hoppert, Karin ^b   Schwarz, Peter ^b   Rohm, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food; Health; Implicit association test; Mediated moderation; Nutrition self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904763595     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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