Healthy eating in the early years: A qualitative exploration of food provision in the childminder setting

British Food Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 992-1002

  Goldsborough, Nicola ^a   Homer, Catherine ^b   Atchinson, Rebecca ^b   Barker, Margo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Rotherham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooking; Diet; Early years children; Food provision; Public health; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961266576     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-01-2015-0014     Document Type: Article

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