Personality traits and obesity: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-63

  Gerlach, G ^a   Herpertz, S ^a   Loeber, S ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE COURSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTRAVERSION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; META ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONTROL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84923226636     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12235     Document Type: Article

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