Meat, beyond the plate. Data-driven hypotheses for understanding consumer willingness to adopt a more plant-based diet

Appetite

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 80-90

  Graça, João ^a   Oliveira, Abílio ^a   Calheiros, Maria Manuela ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Consumer attitudes; Meat; Meat attachment; Meat disgust; Moral disengagement; Plant based diets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PLANT BASED DIET; VEGETABLE; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924943179     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.02.037     Document Type: Article

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