Nudging children towards whole wheat bread: A field experiment on the influence of fun bread roll shape on breakfast consumption

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Van Kleef, Ellen ^a   Vrijhof, Milou ^a   Polet, Ilse A ^a   Vingerhoeds, Monique H ^a   De Wijk, René A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bread shape; Children's food preferences; Nudge; Nudging; Visual appeal; Whole grain; Whole wheat bread

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAD; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WHEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAD; BREAKFAST; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84908440139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-906     Document Type: Article

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