Older consumers’ readiness to accept alternative, more sustainable protein sources in the European Union

Nutrients

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2019, Pages

  Grasso, Alessandra C ^a   Hung, Yung ^b   Olthof, Margreet R ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^b   Brouwer, Ingeborg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community dwelling older adults; Consumer; Dietary protein; Protein energy malnutrition (PEM); Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; MEAT PROTEIN; PLANT BASED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEESE; COMMUNITY DWELLING PERSON; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LEGUME; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE PROTEIN SOURCE; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN DIET; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AGE; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMAL PROTEINS, DIETARY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIET, HEALTHY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FUSSINESS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS, DIETARY;

EID: 85071452494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu11081904     Document Type: Article

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