On carrots and curiosity: eating fruit and vegetables is associated with greater flourishing in daily life.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  British Journal of Health Psychology

• Publication date

  2015-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/bjhp.12113PMID 25080035
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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