Sensory education decreases food neophobia score and encourages trying unfamiliar foods in 8-12-year-old children

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-360

  Mustonen, Sari ^a   Tuorila, Hely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food neophobia; School children; Sensory education; Unfamiliar food

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149155593     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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