Correlational study and randomised controlled trial for understanding and changing red meat consumption: The role of eating identities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue , 2017, Pages 244-252

  Carfora, V ^a   Caso, D ^a   Conner, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Healthy eating; Italy; Messages; Red meat; Self identity; Self monitoring; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH STATUS; MEAT; MONITORING; PSYCHOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EATING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IDENTITY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED MEAT; SELF MONITORING; STUDENT; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ITALY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RED MEAT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010629659     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.005     Document Type: Article

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