Children's understanding of food and meals in the foodscape at school

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Osowski, Christine Persson ^a   Göranzon, Helen ^a   Fjellström, Christina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Foodscape; New social studies of childhood; School meal; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867386777     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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