Episodic future thinking reduces delay discounting and energy intake in children

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-24

  Daniel, Tinuke Oluyomi ^a,b   Said, Michele ^a   Stanton, Christina M ^a   Epstein, Leonard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic future thinking; Obesity; Reducing delay discounting; Reducing energy intake

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DIET RESTRICTION; EPISODIC FUTURE THINKING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; EATING; EPISODIC MEMORY; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REWARD; THINKING;

EID: 84926358944     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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