Lifestyle segmentation of US food shoppers to examine organic and local food consumption

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-37

  Nie, Cong ^a   Zepeda, Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer segmentation; Food related lifestyle; Local food; Organic food

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD, ORGANIC; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955793613     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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