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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Food Purchase"”.
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Functionally illiterate consumers’ food purchase behaviour in Botswana
… place and coping strategies used when purchasing food. To elicit relevant information a quantitative research design and survey techniques using a structured questionnaire was used to gather information. Potential respondents were conveniently sampled in Gaborone and surrounding areas in Botswana …
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A Solidarity (Food) Purchase Group in Cape Town
For the past thirty years, food producers and consumers have initiated alternative food networks (AFNs) because of the perception that the globalising agrifood system is unsustainable, untrustworthy, and untransparent. These alternative strategies for food production and distribution are perceived …
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Food advertising contents influencing organic food purchase intention and actual purchase behaviour and the moderating role of gender: the case of Thailand
In recent years, the consumption of organic food has increased, which has a direct impact on consumers' health as well as on the sustainable development. Thailand's organic food consumption is relatively low compared to European countries. This study aims to examine the impacts of the food …
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The discourse of outdoor food advertisements in Latino communities
… focuses on analyzing the discourse surrounding food in outdoor advertisements in Latino communities. The following literature discusses trends in outdoor advertising, trends in food advertisements, and Latino's cultural relationships with food. Specifically, it focuses on analyzing the cultural …
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Análisis de factores del modelo de valores de consumo que influyen en el comportamiento de compra de alimentos saludables en Millennials de la zona 6 y 7 de Lima Metropolitana
… of consumption values that influence healthy food purchase behavior in millennials residing in zone 6 and 7 of Metropolitan Lima. In this study, six variables were evaluated which are functional factor, social factor, emotional factor, epistemic factor, conditional factor and purchase …
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An empirical investigation of the patronage behavior of nutrition oriented consumers
… patronage behavior of grocery stores, health food stores or restaurants would be significantly related to attitudes and concerns toward nutrition and toward attitudes of their overall present and future state of health. This study relied on theories of retail patronage behavior, and empirical …
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Consumer Knowledge of Middlesex, Virginia High School Students
… accounts, automobile insurance, housing rental, food purchase, and automobile purchase. The respondents were students attending Middlesex High School from the four grade levels with completed Informed Consent forms. There were 55 respondents from a total pool of 375 (freshmen, 44%; sophomores, …
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Influence of a High-Fat Diet on Delay Discounting, Food Reinforcement, and Eating Behaviors in Sedentary and Endurance Trained Men
People make food choices based upon the motivation to consume foods that are reinforcing compared to alternatives that may be available.1 Delay discounting (DD) is a measure used to assess impulsivity, quantifying how people make decisions based on time to receive and amount of the choice …
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Three essays on food economics
… is comprised of three analyses of households' food acquisition behavior. In Chapter 2, we estimate the substitution between different food categories and time allocated to food purchase and preparation using a demand system which includes both the demand for time and that for goods, by …
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Delay Discounting, Reinforcing Value of Food, and Components of Metabolic Health
… behaviors, such as body weight management, food intake, glucose control, and physical activity. While a number of studies have concluded that obese individuals tend to be greater discounters, the relationship between delay discounting and various health-related behaviors beyond smoking and …
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An Exploratory Analysis of the Scottish Diet 2001-2009 Using Household Purchase Data
Robust, longitudinal measures of national food and nutrient intake are key for informing and monitoring public health policy on diet related health. In order to estimate food and drink consumption and assess diet quality in Scotland, household food purchase data, from 2001 to 2009, were analysed. …
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Saving the world one scrap at a time: Identity labeling as as tool to reduce household food waste
<p>Food waste is a significant driver of climate change, and it threatens human and planetary health. In fact, the average American household discards between 30% - 40% of their edible food each week. Reducing food waste could divert material from landfills, where it contributes to greenhouse gas …
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Improving usability of nutrition information through graphical visualization
… to help users interpret nutrient content of foods; those which present specific information for individual nutrients and interpret their content with color-coding are the most preferred by users and the most effective with regard to improving user understanding of nutrition information. …