Children's food preferences: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1638-1647

  Skinner, Jean D ^a   Carruth, Betty Ruth ^a   Bounds, Wendy ^a   Ziegler, Paula J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Gerber Products Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT T TEST; AGING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT;

AGING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0036835938     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90349-4     Document Type: Article

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