Indirect ways to foster healthier food consumption patterns: Health-supportive side effects of health-unrelated motives

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 57, Issue , 2017, Pages 54-68

  Mai, Robert ^a   Hoffmann, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food decision making; Health consciousness; Implicit Association Test; Physical appearance; Quality consciousness; Side effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003582749     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.11.009     Document Type: Article

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