Children’s Self-Reported Reasons for Accepting and Rejecting Foods
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Selection of Stimuli
2.3. Selection of Reasons for Acceptance and Rejection
2.4. Questionnaire
2.5. Study Procedure
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Children’s Reasons to Accept and Reject Foods
3.2. Results from Open-End Response for Reasons to Accept or Reject Food
3.3. Liking and Willingness to Re-Taste
4. Discussion
4.1. Children’s Reasons for Accepting Foods
4.2. Children’s Reasons for Rejecting Foods
4.3. Liking and Willingness to Re-Taste Specific Foods
4.4. Strengths and Limitations
4.5. Implications for Health Behavior
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sick, J.; Højer, R.; Olsen, A. Children’s Self-Reported Reasons for Accepting and Rejecting Foods. Nutrients 2019, 11, 2455. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11102455
Sick J, Højer R, Olsen A. Children’s Self-Reported Reasons for Accepting and Rejecting Foods. Nutrients. 2019; 11(10):2455. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11102455
Chicago/Turabian StyleSick, Julia, Rikke Højer, and Annemarie Olsen. 2019. "Children’s Self-Reported Reasons for Accepting and Rejecting Foods" Nutrients 11, no. 10: 2455. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11102455