Common genetic architecture underlying young children's food fussiness and liking for vegetables and fruit

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1099-1104

  Fildes, Alison ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^b   Cooke, Lucy ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   Llewellyn, Clare H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Eating; Food; Fussiness; Genetic; Heritability; Infant; Liking; Preferences

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EATING; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EATING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84962655849     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.122945     Document Type: Article

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