Meat and masculinities. Can differences in masculinity predict meat consumption, intentions to reduce meat and attitudes towards vegetarians?

C De Backer, S Erreygers, C De Cort, F Vandermoere… - Appetite, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract “Real men eat meat.” While this idea is on the one hand widespread throughout
time and cultures, it has also been criticized as being too stereotypical, not applicable to all …

Young adults' experiences with flexitarianism: The 4Cs

JA Kemper, SK White - Appetite, 2021 - Elsevier
Meat reduction has important implications for public health and the environment. With
people more likely to reduce their meat consumption than eliminate it completely, there is …

[HTML][HTML] A transition towards plant-based diets on its way? Consumers' substitutions of meat in their diets in Finland

E Nevalainen, M Niva, A Vainio - Food Quality and Preference, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the position of meat has been challenged in Western food cultures due to its
ecological, health and animal welfare impacts. This study examined consumers' reported …

Cutting down or eating up: Examining meat consumption, reduction, and sustainable food beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors

JA Kemper, M Benson-Rea, J Young… - Food Quality and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In response to health, environmental, ethical, and cost concerns, growing numbers of
individuals are reducing their meat consumption. However, while people are now …

[HTML][HTML] Meat consumption and vegaphobia: An exploration of the characteristics of meat eaters, vegaphobes, and their social environment

F Vandermoere, R Geerts, C De Backer, S Erreygers… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
This article highlights the importance of the dietary pattern of significant others in one's
social network to explain both individual meat consumption and vegaphobia, the negative …

Reconfiguring everyday eating: Vegan Challenge discussions in social media

S Laakso, M Niva, V Eranti, F Aapio - Food, Culture & Society, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The shift of society toward sustainable food culture requires collectively challenging meat
and dairy-based diets and their role in current practices of eating. This study focuses on how …

Comparing meat abstainers with avid meat eaters and committed meat reducers

MCD Verain, H Dagevos - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Shifting our eating patterns toward less animal-based and more plant-based diets is urgently
needed to counter climate change, address public health issues, and protect animal welfare …

Do vegetarians feel bad? Examining the association between eating vegetarian and subjective well-being in two representative samples

TM Pfeiler, B Egloff - Food Quality and Preference, 2020 - Elsevier
Research on the relationship between vegetarianism and subjective well-being (SWB) has
produced inconsistent results, which may partly be due to small sample sizes and divergent …

“Meating halfway”: Exploring the attitudes of meat eaters, veg* ns, and occasional meat eaters toward those who eat meat and those who do not eat meat

S Pabian, G Ouvrein, K Van Royen… - The Journal of Social …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Empirical studies have persistently reported negative attitudes of meat eaters toward
vegetarians and vegans (veg* ns), but scant attention has been paid to veg* ns' attitudes …

[HTML][HTML] Eating apart together: How vegetarian and meat eating students manage commensality in a flexitarian age

EJ Veen, H Dagevos… - Consumption …, 2023 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
We are living in a flexitarian age, in which reduced meat eating and vegetarianism are
normalising, while simultaneously meat eating is still the norm in Dutch society. A resulting …