Correlates of food choice in unemployed young people: The role of demographic factors, self-efficacy, food involvement, food poverty and physical activity

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-47

  Davison, Jenny ^a   Share, Michelle ^b   Hennessy, Marita ^b   Bunting, Brendan ^c   Markovina, Jerko ^d   Stewart Knox, Barbara ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FFQ; Food choice; Food involvement; Food poverty; NEET; Path analysis; Self efficacy; Survey; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937028931     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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