Social norms and their influence on eating behaviours

Appetite

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-44

  Higgs, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food choice; Food intake; Modelling; Social influence; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DISGUST; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SAFETY; FORAGING; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PALATABILITY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PORTION SIZE; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NORM; STEREOTYPY; UNDERWEIGHT; DIET; FOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SENSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NORMS;

EID: 84921454109     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.10.021     Document Type: Review

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