Consumers' health-related motive orientations and ready meal consumption behaviour

Appetite

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 704-712

  Geeroms, Nele ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^a   Van Kenhove, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer; Convenience; Health; Motive; Ready meals; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50349098610     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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