Diversity in attitudes towards food preparation: A study focusing on food values

Consumers’ Attitudes towards Green Food production in China: A test of the values-attitudes hierarchy

Attitudes and behaviour towards convenience food and food waste in the United Kingdom.

Households in the UK discard much food. A reduction in such waste to mitigate environmental impact is part of UK government policy. This study investigated whether household food waste is linked to a lifestyle reliant on convenience food in younger consumers. A survey of 928 UK residents aged 18-40 years and responsible for the household food shopping (male n = 278; female n = 650) completed an...

Key Values Influence Consumer Intention towards Organic Food in Iran

This study examined the beliefs and attitudes of customers into the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)-model in predicting use intentions of organic foods. Customer intention was operationalised as a measure of the strength of one’s willingness to try to use. Questionnaire data were gathered from 154 consumers in Golestan province from Iran country. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Mo...

Towards recognizing food preparation activities in situational support systems

One way in which technology can help people with cognitive impairments to stay independent for longer is through situational support systems that recognize a person’s activities and provide help if needed. While food preparation is one of the most important tasks of daily living, such activities are extremely challenging to recognize automatically as they involve a large number of different obj...

Social disparities in food preparation behaviours: a DEDIPAC study

BACKGROUND The specific role of major socio-economic indicators in influencing food preparation behaviours could reveal distinct socio-economic patterns, thus enabling mechanisms to be understood that contribute to social inequalities in health. This study investigated whether there was an independent association of each socio-economic indicator (education, occupation, income) with food prepara...