Eating fruits and vegetables: An ethnographic study of American and French family dinners

Appetite

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-92

  Kremer Sadlik, Tamar ^a   Morgenstern, Aliyah ^b   Peters, Chloe ^a   Beaupoil, Pauline ^b   Caët, Stéphanie ^b   Debras, Camille ^b   le Mené, Marine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ SORBONNE NOUVELLE PARIS 3   (France)

Author keywords

Children's eating practices; Ethnography; Family dinner; French and American meals; Meal structure; Socialization to fruit and vegetable consumption

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN; APRICOT; ARTICHOKE; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; AUBERGINE; AVOCADO; BOK CHOY; BROCCOLI; CABBAGE; CANTALOUPE; CARROT; CAULIFLOWER; CELERY; CHERRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLEMENTINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUCUMBER; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FENNEL; FIG; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRANCE; FRUIT; GRAPE; GRAPEFRUIT; HUMAN; KIWIFRUIT; LEEK; LETTUCE; MAIZE; MALE; MANDARIN; MANGO; MELON; PEA; PEAR; PEPPER; PERSIMMON; RASPBERRY; SOCIALIZATION; SPINACH; STRAWBERRY; TOMATO; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; VIDEORECORDING; WATERMELON; ZUCCHINI; ADOLESCENT; DIET; EATING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; MEAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EATING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFANT; LOS ANGELES; MEALS; PARIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84922455691     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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