Increasing public support for food-industry related, obesity prevention policies: The role of a taste-engineering frame and contextualized values

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-153

  Ortiz, Selena E ^a   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^b   Adler, Gary J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food policy; Framing; Obesity; Online survey experiment; Values

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POLICY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; OBESITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTEXTUALIZED VALUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASTE; TASTE ENGINEERING FRAME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; PUBLIC OPINION;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; PUBLIC OPINION; TASTE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961727022     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.042     Document Type: Article

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