Children's perception of food and healthy eating: Dynamics behind their food preferences

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Atik, Deniz ^a   Ozdamar Ertekin, Zeynep ^a  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Food; Health; Marketing; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872401684     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2011.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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