Opening up Australian preschoolers' lunchboxes

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-292

  Kelly, Bridget ^a   Hardy, Louise L ^a   Howlett, Sarah ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Farrell, Louise ^a   Hattersley, Libby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Core foods; Extra foods; Lunchboxes; Nutrition; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956019628     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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