Feel your food. The influence of tactile sensitivity on picky eating in children

Appetite

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-10

  Nederkoorn, Chantal ^a   Jansen, Anita ^a   Havermans, Remco C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Food texture; Selective eating; Tactile sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD TEXTURE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TACTILE SENSITIVITY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASTE; TRAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MOUTH; PERSONALITY; TOUCH;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; PERSONALITY; TASTE; TOUCH;

EID: 84908322999     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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