Impact of sensory-based food education in kindergarten on willingness to eat vegetables and berries

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hoppu, Ulla ^a   Prinz, Mira ^a   Ojansivu, Pauliina ^a   Laaksonen, Oskar ^a   Sandell, Mari A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Berries; Children; Food education; Kindergarten; Sensory; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

BERRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FINLAND; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINDERGARTEN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84958259326     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v59.28795     Document Type: Article

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