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Children's food preferences: Effects of weight status, food type, branding and television food advertisements (commercials)

Jason C. G. Halford Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Biopsychology Group (Human Appetite Research Unit), The Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Emma J. Boyland Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Gillian D. Cooper Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Terence M. Dovey Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Cerise J. Smith Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Nicola Williams Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Clare L. Lawton Biopsychology Group (Human Appetite Research Unit), The Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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John E. Blundell Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Biopsychology Group (Human Appetite Research Unit), The Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Pages 31-38 | Received 22 Dec 2006, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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