Perceptions of obesity as a health risk: psychometric scale development and relationship with behavioural intentions

Obesity represents a serious threat to health which can be reduced by volitional control of eating and physical activity behaviour. Social cognition theories propose that such behaviour is influenced by cognitions regarding its desirability. The role of obesity outcome expectancies in predicting wei...

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Main Author: Swift, Judy Anne
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11834/