Lifestyle determinants of the drive to eat: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is emerging as the most significant health concern of the 21st century. Although this is attributable in part to changes in our environment-including the increased prevalence of energy-dense food-it also appears that several lifestyle factors may increase our vulnerability to this calorie-rich landscape. Epidemiologic studies have begun to show links between adiposity and behaviors such as television watching, alcohol intake, and sleep deprivation. However, these studies leave unclear the direction of this association. In addition, studies that investigated the acute impact of these factors on food intake have reported a wide variety of effect sizes, from highly positive to slightly negative.

Objective

The purpose of this article was to provide a meta-anal

SUBMITTER: Chapman CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3417212 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature