Characteristics of Family Mealtimes Affecting Children's Vegetable Consumption and Liking

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-273

  Sweetman, Claire ^a   McGowan, Laura ^a   Croker, Helen ^a   Cooke, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79251475886     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.10.050     Document Type: Article

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