Nature and nurture in children's food preferences

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 911-917

  Fildes, Alison ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^a   Llewellyn, Clare H ^a   Fisher, Abigail ^a   Cooke, Lucy ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWINS; VEGETABLE; ZYGOSITY;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84897002148     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.077867     Document Type: Article

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