My idol eats carrots, so do I? The delayed effect of a classroom-based intervention on 4–6-year-old children's intake of a familiar vegetable

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 352-359

  Zeinstra, Gertrude G ^a   Kooijman, Valesca ^a   Kremer, Stefanie ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Imitation; Real life setting; Repeated exposure; Restriction; Role modelling; School; Vegetable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007428017     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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