Children's use of adult testimony to guide food selection

Appetite

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 302-310

  Lumeng, Julie C ^a   Cardinal, Tiffany M ^a   Jankowski, Meghan ^a   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Eating behavior; Food; Modeling; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PALATABILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE;

CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS;

EID: 44649104459     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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