Predictors of the consistency between healthy snack choice intentions and actual behaviour

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-119

  Weijzen, P L G ^a   de Graaf, C ^a   Dijksterhuis, G B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demographics; Habit; Intention; Intention behaviour consistency; Self control; Snack choice

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 56349146459     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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