A method to measure the effect of food appearance factors on children's visual preferences

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 763-771

  Kildegaard, H ^a   Olsen, A ^b   Gabrielsen, G ^c   Moller P ^b   Thybo, A K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Background variables; Children; Conjoint analysis; Food choice; Visual preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860416475     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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