Communicating eating-related rules. Suggestions are more effective than restrictions

Appetite

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-53

  Stok, F Marijn ^a,b   de Vet, Emely ^c   de Wit, John B F ^d   Renner, Britta ^a   de Ridder, Denise T D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eating related rules; Health communication; Restriction; Social influence; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING HABIT; EATING RELATED RULE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTANCE THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUGGESTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE; THEORY; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; CACAO; EATING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NORM;

ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; CACAO; CREATIVITY; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HUNGER; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL NORMS; SUGGESTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921449135     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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