Health information and diet choices: Results from a cheese experiment

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 520-529

  Øvrum, Arnstein ^a,b   Alfnes, Frode ^b   Almli, Valérie L ^c   Rickertsen, Kyrre ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cheese; Choice experiment; Diet choices; Health information; Mixed logit; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NORWAY;

EID: 84862689095     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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