Kitchenscapes, tablescapes, platescapes, and foodscapes: Influences of microscale built environments on food intake

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-142

  Sobal, Jeffery ^a   Wansink, Brian ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

External cues; Food; Foodscape; Kitchenscape; Obesity; Platescape; Tablescape

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; OBESITY;

EID: 33947607983     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916506295574     Document Type: Article

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