Vegetable variety: An effective strategy to increase vegetable choice in children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1232-1236

  Bucher, Tamara ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a   Van Der Horst, Klazine ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Children; Fake food buffet; Food choice; Fruit and vegetables; Intervention; Meal composition; Nudge; Variety; Vegetable variety; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84903198236     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002632     Document Type: Article

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