The Influence of Cartoon Character Advertising on Fruit and Vegetable Preferences of 9- to 11-Year-Old Children

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 438-441

  Bezbaruah, Nandita ^a   Brunt, Ardith ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartoon characters; Children; Fruit and vegetable intake; Preferences; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VEGETABLE;

CARTOONS AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84865998012     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.03.139     Document Type: Article

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