Complexity of nutritional behavior: Capturing and depicting its interrelated factors in a cause-effect model

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 241-257

  Hummel, Eva ^a   Hoffmann, Ingrid ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cause effect model; complexity; nutritional behavior; strength of causal relationships

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MODELING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CAUSALITY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEALTHY DIET; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PEER PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; APPETITE REGULATION; CAUSALITY; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHY DIET; HEALTHY LIFESTYLE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEER INFLUENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 84958056445     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2015.1129325     Document Type: Article

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