Too close to home. Factors predicting meat avoidance

Appetite

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-52

  Ruby, Matthew B ^a   Heine, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animals; Culture; Disgust; Food choices; Meat; Social influence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRIEND; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; OMNIVORE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CATTLE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRIENDS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859933418     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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