'If I don't like it then I can choose what I want': Welsh school children's accounts of preference for and control over food choice

Health Promotion International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-151

  Warren, Emily ^a   Parry, Odette ^a   Lynch, Rebecca ^b   Murphy, Simon ^b  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Choice; Food

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; WALES;

EID: 44649189766     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dam045     Document Type: Article

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