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The Effect of a Multi-tiered Model for Reducing Obesity Risk Factors: Attitude and Behavior Change in a Rural Community
Thapa, Janani; Lyford, Conrad P.; Belasco, Eric J.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013
While there is increasing interest in reducing obesity, relatively few of these efforts focus on rural communities. A … multi-tiered model to reduce obesity risk factors was developed and implemented to change food behavior and health awareness … increase in, a) obesity as cancer risk awareness and b) food nutrition awareness. Also, increased food nutrition awareness …
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Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths
Zhylyevskyy, Oleksandr; Jensen, Helen H.; Garasky, Steven B. - 2011
Paper for presentation at the Northeastern Agricultural & Resource Economics Association’s Workshop on Economics and Child Nutrition Programs, AAEA & NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 23, 2011.
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2009
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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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A Glimpse into the Future: A Lens through which to Consider 'Africa's Rising'
Connolly, Aidan J. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
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Towards 2050: Trends and Scenarios for African Agribusiness
Van Rooyen, C.J. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
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Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths
Zhylyevskyy, Oleksandr; Jensen, Helen H.; Garasky, Steven B. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Paper for presentation at the Northeastern Agricultural & Resource Economics Association’s Workshop on Economics and Child Nutrition Programs, AAEA & NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 23, 2011.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653919
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Bosch, Darrell J. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43 (2011) 04
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Modelling Reference-Dependent and Labelling Effects in Consumers’ Functional Food Choices
Zou, Ning Ning - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009
This paper examines the reference-dependent and labelling effects when consumers make choices about functional foods, and explores how changes in reference points could alter individuals’ preferences. Functional food (Omega 3 milk) and regular food (regular milk) are used as examples to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989126
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Consumer's behaviour with respect to meat demand in the presence of animal disease concerns: the special case of consumers who eat bison, elk, and venison
Myae, Aye C.; Goddard, Ellen W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Prion diseases have raised concerns in consumer’s minds about food safety associated with meat world-wide. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) both exist in Canada and consumer markets for beef, bison, elk and deer may have been affected by the diseases....
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