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Partial support for this study was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in a grant to the University of North Carolina (2-PO1-HD-03110-06), University of North Carolina Child Development and Mental Retardation Institute. The authors wish to thank Fannie Edwards, Johnnie Cates, and other teachers at the Day Care Center for their assistance and suggestions in carrying out this study, and Pecolia Hogan who prepared the meals for the children. Also, the graduate students in the Training in Early Education for Children with Handicaps Program (TEECH) who interned at the Day Care Center and helped record data deserve special mention.
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Hall, J.S., Holmberg, M.C. The effect of teacher behaviors and food serving arrangements on young children's eating in a day care center. Child Youth Care Forum 3, 97–108 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01554361
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