Convenience food with environmentally-sustainable attributes: A consumer perspective

Appetite

Volumn 116, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-20

  Stranieri, Stefanella ^a   Ricci, Elena Claire ^a   Banterle, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer preferences; Convenience food; Environmentally friendly attributes; Integrated pest management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GENDER; HABIT; HUMAN; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; ITALY; SHOPPING; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTHY DIET; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIET SURVEYS; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 85018773283     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.04.015     Document Type: Article

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