The relationship between emotions, food consumption and meal acceptability when eating out of the home

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-32

  Edwards, John S A ^a   Hartwell, Heather J ^a   Brown, Lorraine ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Eating out; Emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877801087     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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