Confronting the meat paradox in different cultural contexts: Reactions among Chinese and French participants

Appetite

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 187-194

  Tian, Qirui ^a   Hilton, Denis ^a   Becker, Maja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE JEAN JAURÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Meat; Mind perception; Willingness to eat meat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEEF; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRENCHMAN; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BOVINE; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED MEAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATTLE; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; RED MEAT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942627421     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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