The Children's Menu Assessment: Development, Evaluation, and Relevance of a Tool for Evaluating Children's Menus

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 884-888

  Krukowski, Rebecca A ^a   Eddings, Kenya ^a   Smith West, Delia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MENU PLANNING; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 79956370505     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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