Changes in consumption patterns can help reduce this impact – e.g., by replacing meat with plant or insect-based alternatives. For this to happen, it is important to understand how such products are perceived in terms of their environmental impact. Two cognitive biases – the negative foot...
If you have been a meat eater all your life and wish to become a vegetarian, you can always start with plant-based meat alternatives. Conclusion As per scientific research, both diets are healthy and have their health benefits. People need to consume foods that are nutritious and wholesome,...
Meat intakea (range 0.2–30), Mean (SD) 6.5 (4.1) 4.4 (3.1) t (929) = 8.277, p < .001 5.8 (3.8) Food neophobia (range 10–70), Mean (SD) 32.5 (9.9) 27.6 (8.9) t (883) = 7.088, p < .001 3.1 (1.0) Meat-eater identityb (range 3–21), Mean (SD) 16.0 (3.6) 12.0...
Changes in consumption patterns can help reduce this impact - e.g., by replacing meat with plant or insect-based alternatives. For this to happen, it is important to understand how such products are perceived in terms of their environmental impact. Two cognitive biases - the negative footprint...
Both perceived benefits and barriers to vegetarianism significantly predicted participant meat consumption (red meat, poultry, and seafood). Overall, results indicate an increase in the number of people who are aware that meat-eating has environmental impacts, although they believe its ...
Our research contributes to the literature by (1) testing meat-reducing interventions on the two types of meat-eater we refer to as meat-reducers and non-reducers; (2) exploring the effect of two different roles (citizen versus consumer role) on food choice; (3) including large and represen...
healthful pro-vegetarian food patterns and overall cancer incidence. A healthful pro-vegetarian pattern, however, was inversely associated with digestive cancer (HR = 0.76; 95%CI 0.58–0.99 for Q5 vs. Q1), while the unhealthful pro-vegetarian pattern was directly linked to respiratory cancer (HR...