@article {Furia:2009:1087-3244:256,
	author = "Furia, Andrea C. and Lee, Rebecca E. and Strother, Myra L. and Huang, Terry T-K",
	title = "College Students' Motivation to Achieve and Maintain a Healthy Weight",
	journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
	volume = "33",
	number = "3",
	year = "2009",
	abstract = "<B><I>Objectives</I></B>: To develop and refine a scale of motivational factors related to healthy weight achievement and maintenance and to examine differences by gender and weight status.<P></P><B><I>Methods</I></B>: A cross-sectional survey of 300 university students aged 18-24 years.<P></P><B><I>Results</I></B>: Factor analysis yielded 6 factorsIntrinsic (Cronbach's 0.73): affective motivation, self-efficacy/interest; Extrinsic (Cronbach's 0.68): social reward, peer pressure, lack of choice, and authority influence. Males and normal-weight students showed higher affective motivation and overall intrinsic motivation compared to females and overweight students, (P&#60;.001).<P></P><B><I>Conclusion</I></B>: Intrinsic motivational factors and gender differences should be considered in developing obesity prevention interventions in this age-group.",
	pages = "256-263",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2009/00000033/00000003/art00004",
	doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.33.3.4",
	keyword = "weight maintenance, obesity, overweight, motivation, college students"
}