Examining evidence for behavioural mimicry of parental eating by adolescent females. An observational study

Appetite

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-61

  Sharps, Maxine ^a   Higgs, Suzanne ^b   Blissett, Jackie ^b   Nouwen, Arie ^c   Chechlacz, Magdalena ^d   Allen, Harriet A ^e   Robinson, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mimicry; Social eating; Social modelling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOURAL MIMICRY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DIET; PARENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84922361059     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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