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The Quest to Lava Mountain: Using Video Games for Dietary Change in Children

JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS (2012)

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JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

Volume 112, Issue 9, Pages 1334-1336

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.05.010

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Video game; Dietary change; Children; Nutrition; Web-based

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Nutrition & Dietetics

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