Development of food preferences

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue , 1999, Pages 41-62

  Birch, Leann L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Food intake; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EATING; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; TASTE;

EID: 0032802302     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.19.1.41     Document Type: Review

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