Habitual plate-waste of 6- to 9-year-olds may not be associated with lower nutritional needs or taste acuity, but undesirable dietary factors

Nutrition Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 831-838

  Baik, Ji Yoon ^a   Lee, Hongmie ^a  

^a Daejin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Food habits; Food preference; Lifestyle; Taste threshold

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; NICOTINIC ACID; POTASSIUM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TASTE ACUITY;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TASTE PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 71149098557     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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