Peer and friend influences on children's eating

Social Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-40

  Houldcroft, Laura ^a   Haycraft, Emma ^a   Farrow, Claire ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Food preference; Friendship; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892434265     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12036     Document Type: Article

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