Background There is increasing consensus that transitioning towards reduced meat
consumption and more plant-based diets is a key feature to address important health and …

Background Our daily food choices have a huge impact on the environment. Production of
meat has a much larger impact compared with the production of vegetable-based proteins …

Adopting plant-based, or vegan, diets can have a number of benefits, including mitigating
climate change, promoting animal welfare, or improving public health. In the current …

Interest in alternative protein sources to substitute for animal source protein-rich foods has
emerged alongside calls for sustainable food systems to meet protein demands as the …

Whereas vegetarianism has long garnered attention from nutritional science and
philosophy, psychological research exploring this eating behavior has emerged only in the …

Background: There is a growing trend for vegetarian and vegan diets in many Western
countries. Epidemiological evidence suggesting that such diets may help in maintaining …

The overconsumption of meat has been related to negative health, environmental, and
animal welfare effects. As such, many people are now reducing their meat consumption, and …

This study provides insight into differences and similarities in the mindset and motivation of
four dietary groups (young self-declared vegetarians, low, medium and high meat-eaters) to …

Most people both eat animals and care about animals. Research has begun to examine the
psychological processes that allow people to negotiate this “meat paradox.” To understand …

Much recent research has explored vegetarians' dietary motivations, recurrently highlighting
the significant influence they exert on how people view themselves and others. For …