Do children eat less at meals when allowed to serve themselves?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-43

  Savage, Jennifer S ^a   Haisfield, Lisa ^b   Fisher, Jennifer O ^b   Marini, Michele ^a   Birch, Leann L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PASTA; PORTION SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PENNSYLVANIA; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84863606073     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.035261     Document Type: Article

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