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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"food purchases"”.
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The effects of video programming, face-to-face instruction, modeling, and feedback on nutritious and economical food purchases
… To examine this question, self-report data on foods purchased and data from supermarket receipts were collected from 45 households across the 3 conditions. Results indicated that persons in the media and personal interaction condition did demonstrate significant changes in the desired direction …
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Buying to Thrive: Exploring the Potential for Market-Based Approaches to Contribute to Increases in Diet Diversity in Mozambique
… and diet diversity. As the share of food purchases made by low-income households has been increasing, there is increasing interest in the role the private sector can play in these interventions. Currently, there is little known about the potential for a market-based approach to …
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Exploration of consumer responses to organic food pricing
… more responsible choices in regard to organic food purchases. Also, we studied how customers' purchase attitude and their purchase behavior differ from each other. We designed four different kind of experiments to examine whether different pricing, consensus principle, environmental and health …
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Doubled SNAP Dollars and Nudges: An Analysis of Two Pilot Programs Aimed at Increasing the Purchase of Healthy Foods
… concern. Fresh produce and similarly healthy foods are often less preferred to unhealthy foods. Unhealthy foods can at times be cheaper and more accessible than healthy foods, making it difficult for consumers to avoid temptation at grocery or convenience stores. This dissertation is an …
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Evaluating Participation In the Food Stamp Program Among Individuals In the New York City Medicaid Population
… 1.3 million individuals benefit from the Federal Food Stamp Program (FSP), the nation's largest food and nutrition assistance program. More than 2.6 million individuals are enrolled in a Medicaid plan, which provides low-income individuals with public health insurance. Despite similar income and …
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Food Consumption Similarities and Differences for Two Types of Jamaican Households
… and how these households differed in their food consumption patterns. This study collected data from two focus groups and 102 survey respondents from the cities of Pembroke Pines, Miramar and Lauderdale Lakes in South Florida. The two types of households were those with Jamaicans married to …
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Sources of error and bias in the assessment of dietary intake : 24-hour recalls and food records
… associated with the interpretation of food intake records. The first study was designed to consider whether reporting error is dependent on individual subject characteristics such as ethnicity, body mass, body fatness, age and education, or whether it is due to the dietary assessment …
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The Healthfulness of Entrées and Students’ Purchases in the Campus Dining Environment
… environment and also to determine if students’ purchases are reflective of what is offered. <br />Entrée items were categorized as either “more” or “less healthful” according to the American Heart Association guidelines. Students’ entrée purchases from the 2014- 2015 school year were analyzed at …
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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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Evaluation of motivations that influence consumer attitudes and behavior when purchasing local foods
In an increasingly complex and differentiated food system, the local food movement appears to be gaining momentum. This increased attention to the sustainable food movement highlights both the public and private benefits to eating local food, propelling the "local food" movement into the public eye …
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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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Understanding Food Waste Behavior and Ways To Influence Positive Change and Waste Reduction
… problems such as pollution, climate change, and food waste can be influenced by social attitudes and human behavior. Solutions to address environmental problems involve a series of actions by society and individuals, which can prove difficult to implement because changes induced by …
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The relationship of parent and child food choices: influences of a supermarket intervention
… influences of a supermarket intervention on the food choices of parents and their children. Twenty-four families (11 experimental; 13 control) participated in this study. They used the NLS weekly when they completed their major shopping. The NLS was a public access, interactive information system …
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Food waste reduction strategies for sustainable food security in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Food waste (FW) concern has recently received global considerable attention. Within the broad spectrum of waste types, food loss and waste are produced worldwide in large quantities. Religiosity is an important driver of moral intuitions and as such marketers would do well to consider the diverse …
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Contribution of the local and home-food environments on the food practices of white adults in the Eastern suburbs of Tshwane
The local urban and home-food environments of white adults living in the Eastern suburbs of the Tshwane Metropole is explored and described. The study focused on the contribution of these environments to the food practices of the study group. The South African population, similar to those of other …
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Market imperfections and market-based policy instruments
… cognitive costs in the context of fast-food purchases. Most fast-food burger chains set different effective add-on (fries and a soda) prices in "meals" across burger items. This means that sophisticated consumers, who buy, for example, a sandwich-only and a meal, may try rearranging the …
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Assessment of the supply chain and factors influencing consumer decisions to purchase bean-based processed products in Lusaka province of Zambia.
… that minimizing these losses can enhance food availability, security, and environmental sustainability, the discourse on food loss and waste (FLW) avoidance has gained prominence globally. Efforts to combat global hunger and improve food security underscore the importance of engaging in …
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Assessment of the supply chain and factors influencing consumer decisions to purchase bean-based processed products in Lusaka province of Zambia.
… that minimizing these losses can enhance food availability, security, and environmental sustainability, the discourse on food loss and waste (FLW) avoidance has gained prominence globally. Efforts to combat global hunger and improve food security underscore the importance of engaging in …
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An Ontological Explication of Electronic Benefit Transfer as an Institutional Mechanism of Reification and Relations of Ruling
… management tool. EBT is the mandatory method for food benefits and replaces the previous food stamp coupons, but the broad reaching significance is that this program is just a developmental infrastructure. The goal of the U.S. Treasury is for all government transactions, approximately $2.5 …
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