Eating a Rainbow. Introducing vegetables in the first years of life in 3 European countries

Appetite

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-56

  Ahern, Sara M ^a   Caton, Samantha J ^a   Bouhlal, Sofia ^b   Hausner, Helene ^c   Olsen, Annemarie ^c   Nicklaus, Sophie ^b   Møller, Per ^c   Hetherington, Marion M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

European children; Infants; Liking; Pre school children; Vegetable intake; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENMARK; EATING; EATING HABIT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPEAN CHILDREN; INFANTS; LIKING; PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN; VEGETABLE INTAKE; VEGETABLES;

CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84882626176     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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