Food and happiness

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-454

  Blades, Mabel ^a  

^a Freelance Dietitian and Nutritionist   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Food products; Individual psychology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349644243     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650910976310     Document Type: Article

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