Children's hard-wired aversion to pure vegetable tastes. A 'failed' flavour-nutrient learning study

Appetite

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 528-530

  Zeinstra, Gertrude G ^a   Koelen, M A ^a   Kok, F J ^a   de Graaf, C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Energy conditioning; Food preferences; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEVERAGES; CHILD; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; TASTE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 60749112028     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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