Investigating the role of health halos and reactance in ice cream choice

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 80, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Bullock, Katherine ^a   Lahne, Jacob ^b   Pope, Lizzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food choice; Food preference; Health halo; Ice cream; Nutrition labels; Reactance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073236997     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.103826     Document Type: Article

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