Fourth-grade children's consumption of fruit and vegetable items available as part of school lunches is closely related to preferences

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 166-171

  Baxter, Suzanne Domel ^a   Thompson, William O ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Fruits; Preferences; School lunch; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0036590051     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60086-9     Document Type: Article

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