Assessing factors influencing food choice among 10-16-year-old schoolboys. A pilot study with a stacking box method

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-229

  Gummeson, Lena ^a   Jonsson, Inger ^a   Conner, Mark T ^a,b   Svensson, Elisabeth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Fat; Fibre; Food choice; Schoolchildren; Social influence

Indexed keywords

MARGARINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAD; CEREAL; CHILD HEALTH; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; TASTE;

EID: 0030037183     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277X.1996.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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