| Eating green: Consumers' willingness to adopt ecological food consumption behaviors. | |
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PMID: 21896294 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Food consumption is associated with various environmental impacts, and consumers' food choices therefore represent important environmental decisions. In a large-scale survey, we examined consumers' beliefs about ecological food consumption and their willingness to adopt such behaviors. Additionally, we investigated in more detail how different motives and food-related attitudes influenced consumers' willingness to reduce meat consumption and to buy seasonal fruits and vegetables. We found consumers believed avoiding excessive packaging had the strongest impact on the environment, whereas they rated purchasing organic food and reducing meat consumption as least environmentally beneficial. Similarly, respondents appeared to be most unwilling to reduce meat consumption and purchase organic food. Taste and environmental motives influenced consumers' willingness to eat seasonal fruits and vegetables, whereas preparedness to reduce meat consumption was influenced by health and ethical motives. Women and respondents who preferred natural foods were more willing to adopt ecological food consumption patterns. |
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Christina Tobler; Vivianne H M Visschers; Michael Siegrist |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-8-27 |
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Title: Appetite Volume: - ISSN: 1095-8304 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-9-7 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8006808 Medline TA: Appetite Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
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ETH Zurich, Institute of Environmental Decisions (IED), Consumer Behavior, Universitaetstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. |
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