Impact of communication on consumers' food choices

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-288

  Verbeke, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communication; Consumer; Food choice

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MASS MEDIUM; MEAT; NUTRITION; PROBABILITY; TRUST; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 49549086878     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665108007179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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