Effects of repeated exposure to either vegetables or fruits on infant's vegetable and fruit acceptance at the beginning of weaning

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-165

  Barends, Coraline ^a   de Vries, Jeanne ^a   Mojet, Jos ^a   de Graaf, Cees ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exposure effect; Food acceptance; Fruit; Infant; Vegetable; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877677396     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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