Do Children Really Prefer Large Portions? Visual Illusions Bias Their Estimates and Intake

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1107-1110

  van Ittersum, Koert ^a   Wansink, Brian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLASSIFICATION; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HUMAN; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HUMANS; OBESITY; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250827842     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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