Increasing children's food choices: Strategies based upon research and practice

Developing Children's Food Products

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 125-139

  Williams, K E ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food choice; Food selection; Repeated exposure; Taste preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883778618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-431-9.50007-0     Document Type: Chapter

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