Gender and food, a study of attitudes in the USA towards organic, local, U.S. grown, and GM-free foods

Bellows, Anne C.; Alcaraz, V Gabriela; Hallman, William K.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2010.09.002

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“…This factor explains 16.269% of the variance. This finding is also supporting the existing literature as health is the main motivator of consuming organic food (Pellegrini & Farinello, 2009;Lockie et al, 2002;Magnusson et al, 2003;Chryssohoidis & Krystallis, 2005;Gracia & Magistris, 2008;Hughner et al, 2007;Li et al, 2007;Wier et al, 2008;Zepeda & Deal, 2009;Bellows et al, 2010;Cerjak et al, 2010;Hasançebi, 2010;Ergin & Ozsacmaci, 2011;Çabuk et al 2014). The second factor contains three items and it is named as "Product Related" factor which is related to perceived characteristics of organic foods by consumers.…”

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Motives Underlying Organic Food Consumption in Turkey: Impact of Health, Environment, and Consumer Values on Purchase Intentions

Yılmaz¹,

Ilter²

2017

JEW

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Raising ecological awareness and health concerns create question marks about healthiness and sustainability of conventional foods in customers' minds. Due to augmented mass media coverage of environmental problems, health concerns related to consumption of genetically modified food and/or chemical contaminants in food, and consumers' increasing interest in healthy nutrition and environmental protection, there is a growing interest for organic foods in all over the world. Growing interest for organic foods, and increasing production and demand in organic food market has made organic food consumption a significant topic of research. Although organic food market and demand for organic foods have also been growing in Turkey, literature regarding organic food consumption is not very extensive. Therefore, this study aims to understand the underlying motives for organic food consumption in Turkey, and to explore the factors affecting Turkish consumers' attitudes towards organic foods and the behavioral intention of Turkish consumers to purchase organic food by the help of the theory of reasoned action (TRA). The results of 622 successful surveys used for this empirical research indicate that Turkish consumers' attitudes towards organic foods are determined by perception of organic foods, consumer values, and price perception, while their purchase intention is determined by health consciousness, perception of organic foods, consumer values, price perception, and environmental concerns.

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Motives Underlying Organic Food Consumption in Turkey: Impact of Health, Environment, and Consumer Values on Purchase Intentions

Yılmaz¹,

Ilter²

2017

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“…We further found that functional and palatable properties are instrumental to 'stay healthy' without posing any serious challenge to consumers. Interest in health has also been exhibited to lead consumers to prefer farmers' markets [29,30]. Improved wellbeing, as perceived by our respondents, could eventually lead them to 'live longer'.…”

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Motivations Underlying Consumers’ Preference for Farmers’ Markets in Klang Valley: A Means-End Chain Approach

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Abstract:In an increasingly competitive market environment, understanding why consumers purchase fresh produce from farmers' markets is pivotal to understanding the markets' value and to strengthening the rural economy. This is the first study to employ a means-end chain (MEC) framework to analyze the motivations underlying consumer preference for farmers' markets. The linkages between these motivators are important steps in understanding why consumers purchase fresh produce from farmers' markets. Based on in-depth interviews with 212 shoppers at the farmers' markets in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, we identified the attributes 'fresh', 'nearby', 'variety', and 'cheap' as the means of achieving self-directed personal values (e.g., 'expenses are better managed'), security values ('live longer'), and benevolent values (e.g., 'close the ties'). The insights gained should prove useful to policy-makers and to the farmers' market sector, allowing them to more effectively communicate with consumers from the basis of a better understanding of the attributes, benefits, and personal values influencing them.

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“…Given that responsibility for family food decisions and preparation is still highly feminised in contemporary society (Bava, Jaeger, & Park, 2008;Bellows, Alcaraz V, & Hallman, 2010;Blake, Bisogni, Sobal, Jastran, & Devine, 2008;De Backer, 2011;Lupton, 2000), it is not surprising that women played important roles in couple food leadership. Likewise because men's leadership in food provision is not typically framed as masculine (McPhail, Chapman, & Beagan, 2011;Newcombe, McCarthy, Cronin, & McCarthy, 2012) it is not surprising that the men in this study needed to find such ways to legitimise their increased food involvement.…”

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Gender relations and couple negotiations of British men's food practice changes after prostate cancer

Mróz

Robertson

2015

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Nutrition plays an important role in the health of men diagnosed with prostate cancer and dietary interventions can therefore be a significant part of prostate cancer survivorship supportive care. Family food provision, however, involves complex social interactions, which shape how men engage with their diets and dietary interventions. The role that gender plays in shaping prostate cancer couples' food practices and men's diets after a prostate cancer diagnosis is thought to be important but is little understood.This study explored couples' accounts of nutrition information seeking and diet change to gain a better understanding of how gender relations shaped men's food practices after prostate cancer diagnosis. Qualitative health interviews with men and their partners were conducted and analysed using interpretive descriptive methods.Findings demonstrated how couples navigated food change journeys that involved seeking information, deciding what changes were warranted and implementing and regulating diet changes. Two overarching themes that illustrated couples' food negotiations were called 'Seeking information and deciding on food changes' and 'Monitoring food changes'. Additional sub--themes described who led food changes, women's filtering of information, and moderation or 'treats'. Throughout these food change journeys interactions between men and women were at play, demonstrating how gender relations and dynamics acted to shape couples food negotiations and men's food practices.Findings reveal that attention to gender relations and the men's family food dynamics should inform diet interventions for men with prostate cancer in order to improve uptake.

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Gender and food, a study of attitudes in the USA towards organic, local, U.S. grown, and GM-free foods

Cited by 125 publications

References 65 publications

Motives Underlying Organic Food Consumption in Turkey: Impact of Health, Environment, and Consumer Values on Purchase Intentions

Motives Underlying Organic Food Consumption in Turkey: Impact of Health, Environment, and Consumer Values on Purchase Intentions

Motivations Underlying Consumers’ Preference for Farmers’ Markets in Klang Valley: A Means-End Chain Approach

Gender relations and couple negotiations of British men's food practice changes after prostate cancer

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