Predicting children's meal preferences: How much do parents know?

Appetite

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 367-375

  Mata, Jutta ^a,b   Scheibehenne, Benjamin ^a   Todd, Peter M ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family paradox; Food choice; Healthy food; Parents and children; Preference prediction; Projection

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MENU PLANNING; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 39749187646     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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