Revealing the values behind convenience food consumption

Different patterns of Australian adults' knowledge of foods and nutrients related to metabolic disease risk

“…Again because of their likely greater exposure to nutritional concepts we expected food shoppers to have better knowledge than non-shoppers; those who had undertaken school home economics or health courses or more specialised health or food education courses would have greater knowledge; and that users of ‘special’ diets (for example, vegetarian, diabetic or low-salt diets) would also exhibit greater knowledge. Finally in line with the literature on food involvement ( 26 , 27 ) and the theory of planned behaviour ( 18 ) , we expected that there would be a positive relationship between attitudes to food issues and nutrition knowledge.…”

Human values and preferences for cleaner livestock production

“…Vermeir and Verbeke (2008) found a positive association between tradition and attitudes towards environmentally friendly products. Botonaki and Mattas (2010) found a positive association between this value and a propensity for natural food.…”

Acceptance or refusal of convenience food in present-day prison

“…Several authors have discussed the meaning of convenience foods, based on food-related activities within a household (Botonaki & Mattas, 2010;Brunner, van der Horst, & Siegrist, 2010;Buckley, Cowan, & McCarthy, 2007;de Boer, McCarthy, Cowan, & Ryan, 2004). Saving time during food-related activities such as shopping, cooking, and cleaning seems to be important in the definition of "convenience."…”