School intervention to improve preferences for fruit and vegetables

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-127

  Clarke, Anne M ^a   Ruxton, Carrie H S ^b   Hetherington, Lesley ^a   O'Neil, Sharon ^a   McMillan, Brian ^c  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Nutrition Communications   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Fruits; Personal health; Schools; Scotland; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049095871     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650910943226     Document Type: Article

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