The joint moderating effect of health consciousness and healthy lifestyle on consumers' willingness to use functional foods in Taiwan

Appetite

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-262

  Chen, Mei Fang ^a  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Functional foods; Health consciousness; Healthy lifestyle; Moderated regression analysis (MRA); One way ANOVA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957821442     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.05.305     Document Type: Article

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