Swedish preschool children’s experience of food

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-271

  Wesslén, Annika ^a   Sepp, Hanna ^a   Fjellström, Christina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviour; Children; Focus groups; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044284846     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1470-6431.2002.t01-1-00227.x     Document Type: Article

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