Understanding the older food consumer. Present day behaviours and future expectations

Appetite

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-154

  Hunter, Wendy ^a   Worsley, Tony ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Consumers; Food Baby boomers; Retirement; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; COOKING; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; COOKERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 56449129606     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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