Let's look at leeks! Picture books increase toddlers' willingness to look at, taste and consume unfamiliar vegetables

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Heath, Philippa ^a   Houston Price, Carmel ^a   Kennedy, Orla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Exposure; Fruit and vegetables; Picture books; Visual preference; Willingness to taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897934325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00191     Document Type: Article

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