When good deeds leave a bad taste: Negative inferences from ethical food claims

Appetite

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-83

  Schuldt, Jonathon P ^a   Hannahan, Mary ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Greenwashing; Halo effect; Organic foods; Values based labeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHICS; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC FOOD; TASTE;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD, ORGANIC; HEALTH; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; TASTE;

EID: 84871414706     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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