Rebalancing meat and legume consumption: change-inducing food choice motives and associated individual characteristics in non-vegetarian adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A shift toward more plant-based foods in diets is required to improve health and to reduce environmental impact. Little is known about food choice motives and associated characteristics of those individuals who have actually reduced their consumption of animal-based foods. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify change-inducing motives related to meat and legume consumptions among non-vegetarians. The association between change-inducing motives and individual characteristics was also studied.

Methods

This study included 25,393 non-vegetarian participants in the French NutriNet-Santé cohort (77.4% women, mean age 55.4 ± 13.9 y.). The motives related to the declared change in meat and legume consumptions (e.g., taste, environment, social pressure) were

SUBMITTER: Reuze A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9438278 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature