Consumption Patterns of the Millenial Generational Cohort

The Birth of a "green" Generation? Generational Dynamics of Resource Consumption Patterns

The article discusses a generational perspective on changes in lifestyle and consumption patterns that complement more-traditional approaches of heterogeneity and path dependency of human behavior. An application is given, in developing a model of cohort and gender-specific diffusion of technological artifacts, applied to the case of car ownership in Germany. The article concludes with a number...

Acculturation to the global consumer culture: a generational cohort comparison

Acculturation to the global consumer culture: a generational cohort comparison Jason Carpenter a , Marguerite Moore b , Anne Marie Doherty c & Nicholas Alexander d a Department of Retailing, University of South Carolina, 1016E Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA b College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, 2410 Research Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA c Glamorgan Business Scho...

Generational differences in patterns of physical activities over time in the Canadian population: an age-period-cohort analysis

BACKGROUND Using longitudinal panel data, the aim of this study was to examine the contribution of age, period, and cohort effects on changes in physical activity over time in a population-based sample of Canadians. We focused on three domains of physical activities: leisure time, commuting (i.e. walking and cycling), and daily activities (i.e. sedentary behavior). We also examined whether chan...

Are Dietary Patterns of Mothers during Pregnancy Related to Children's Weight Status? Evidence from the Lifeways Cross- Generational Cohort Study

Children's diet patterns are likely to be influenced by their mothers' diet pattern. The primary objective of this study was to examine whether children's adiposity could be influenced by diet patterns of mothers during pregnancy. A secondary objective was to study the relative influence of fathers' and children's dietary patterns on childhood adiposity. The design was a prospective cross-gener...

The Obesity Drift: Generational Weight (BMI) Patterns and Health Effects