Self-comparisons as motivators for healthy behavior

Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2477-2484

  Shakya, Holly B ^a,c   Christakis, Nicholas A ^b   Fowler, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EMOTIONALITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PEER PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRIENDS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PEER INFLUENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955209067     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.21201     Document Type: Article

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