Increased body weight affects academic performance in university students

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages 220-223

  Anderson, Angela S ^a   Good, Deborah J ^b  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Critical thinking skills; Large lecture class; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008626038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.12.020     Document Type: Article

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