Effects of social interaction, physical environment and food choice freedom on consumption in a meal-testing environment

Appetite

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-118

  Weber, Annette J ^a   King, Silvia C ^a   Meiselman, Herbert L ^b  

^a McCormick & Company Inc   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Consumption; Context; Environment; Meal; Social

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 1242339674     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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