A cafeteria-based tasting program increased liking of fruits and vegetables by lower, middle and upper elementary school-age children

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 299-302

  Lakkakula, Anantha ^a   Geaghan, James P ^a   Wong, Wei Ping ^a   Zanovec, Michael ^b   Pierce, Sarah H ^a   Tuuri, Georgianna ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fruits; Repeated taste exposures; School cafeteria; Tasting; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TASTE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 80955178349     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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