Relationships of consumer characteristics and food deprivation to food purchasing behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1331-1335

  Mela, David J ^a   Aaron, Jacqueline I ^a   Gatenby, Susan J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food; Hunger; Obesity; Restraint; Shopping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING;

EID: 0342935994     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00241-7     Document Type: Article

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