Outdoor music festivals: Cacophonous consumption or melodious moderation?

Medical aspects of large outdoor festivals.

Pop-music festivals: some medical aspects.

In the past few years pop-music festivals on both sides of the Atlantic have rapidly increased in popularity-and length. Press and television have tended to emphasize various aspects of these assemblies, particularly the sexual licence and drug addiction, so that it was with some apprehension that-though we had agreed to staff a festival voluntarily, as we could not obtain fees-we approached ou...

Outbreaks associated to large open air festivals, including music festivals, 1980 to 2012.

In the minds of many, large scale open air festivals have become associated with spring and summer, attracting many people, and in the case of music festivals, thousands of music fans. These festivals share the usual health risks associated with large mass gatherings, including transmission of communicable diseases and risk of outbreaks. Large scale open air festivals have however specific char...

Superfluous or Moderation ? The Effect of Religious Value on Conspicuous Consumption Behavior for Luxury Products

In this chapter, the authors focus on the aspects of religious belief that may affect consumption behavior. Previous studies have clearly stated that the study of religion’s influence on consumer behavior is still under-researched (Lindridge, 2005; Mokhlis, 2009, 2010). The premise lies in the view that culture is a way of life, and thus, the authors explore whether or not that suggests the sam...

Outdoor Advertising, Obesity, and Soda Consumption

Word Count: 191 Word Count: 3367 Pages: 16 Tables: 4 Abstract BACKGROUND: Recent research has shown that neighborhood characteristics are associated with obesity prevalence. While food advertising in periodicals and television has been linked to overweight and obesity, it is unknown whether outdoor advertising is related to obesity. METHODS: To test the association between outdoor food advertis...