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Early Eating Behavior and Taste Development Influence in Children
Henry CJ, Nicklas TA, Nicklaus S (eds): Nurturing a Healthy Generation of Children: Research Gaps and Opportunities. Nestlé Nutr Inst Workshop Ser, vol 91, pp 11–20, (DOI: 10.1159/000493674)
Nestlé Nutrition Institute, Switzerland/S. Karger AG., Basel, © 2019
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Early Development of Food Preferences and Healthy Eating Habits in Infants and Young Children
Andrea Maier-Nöth
Eat-Health-Pleasure GmbH, Psychology of Eating, Health and Nutrition, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
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Abstract
Children’s vegetable consumption falls below current recommendations, highlighting the need to identify strategies that can successfully promote better acceptance of vegetables. Recently, we described two promising approaches to increase the acceptance of vegetables: (a) offering