Personality plays role in body weight: Impulsivity strongest predictor of obesity
Monday, July 18, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
People with personality traits of high neuroticism and low conscientiousness are likely to go through cycles of gaining and losing weight throughout their lives, according to an examination of 50 years of data. Impulsivity was the strongest predictor of who would be overweight, the researchers found.