An apple a day keeps the doctor away: Children's evaluative categories of food

Appetite

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-118

  Nguyen, Simone P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Evaluative categorization; Food; Healthy; Junky; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 37849187349     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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