Conceptualization of food choice motives and consumption among Japanese in light of meal, gender, and age effects

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-217

  Kyutoku, Yasushi ^a   Minami, Yuko ^b   Koizumi, Takeshi ^b   Okamoto, Masako ^d   Kusakabe, Yuko ^c   Dan, Ippeita ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nichirei Foods Inc   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age effects; Dimensions of meals; Food choice; Meal; Meal effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 83855162258     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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