Healthy, sustainable and plant-based eating: perceived (mis)match and involvement-based consumer segments as targets for future policy
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- Authors
- Van Loo, E. J., Hoefkens, C., & Verbeke, W.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- ORCID
- Verbeke, Wim
- Venue
- Food Policy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-05
- Volume
- 69
- Pages
- 46-57
- ISSN
- 0306-9192 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2596675246
- Cited by
- 292
- References
- 85
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 14.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Food Policy (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Strong
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK Government
- Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Consumer behavior in food and health
- Keywords
- healthy eating, sustainable diets, plant-based diet, consumer perception, consumer involvement, consumer motivation, dietary behavior change
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