Australian consumers' food-related environmental beliefs and behaviours

Appetite

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 207-214

  Lea, Emma ^a   Worsley, Anthony ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Behaviours; Beliefs; Environment; Food; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 39749138205     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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