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Original articles

‘If they don't eat it, it's not a proper meal’: Images of risk and choice in fathers' accounts of family food practices

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Pages 395-406 | Received 14 Sep 2009, Accepted 18 Feb 2010, Published online: 05 Jul 2010

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