From Meatless Mondays to Meatless Sundays: Motivations for Meat Reduction among Vegetarians and Semi-vegetarians Who Mildly or Significantly Reduce Their Meat Intake

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 639-657

  De Backer, Charlotte J S ^a   Hudders, Liselot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

meat reduction; public health campaigns; semi vegetarianism; vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; MEAT; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASTE; VEGETARIAN DIET; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920104545     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2014.896797     Document Type: Article

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