PortionControl@HOME: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effect of a Multi-Component Portion Size Intervention on Portion Control Behavior and Body Mass Index

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-28

  Poelman, Maartje P ^a   de Vet, Emely ^b   Velema, Elizabeth ^a   de Boer, Michiel R ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a   Steenhuis, Ingrid H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intervention; Obesity; Portion control; Portion size; Self regulation; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923257013     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: 15324796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-014-9637-4     Document Type: Article

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