Preschool children's perceptions of food and their food experiences

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-92

  Matheson, Donna ^a   Spranger, Kristina ^b   Saxe, Amy ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Stanford Univ School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Mixed methods; Play based nutrition education; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLEANING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EATING; EXPERIENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0036524054     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60073-0     Document Type: Article

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