[HTML][HTML] How information, social norms, and experience with novel meat substitutes can create positive political feedback and demand-side policy change

LP Fesenfeld, M Maier, N Brazzola, N Stolz, Y Sun… - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The food system causes more than a third of the global anthropogenic greenhouse gas
emissions, of which half are from livestock. Shifting towards plant-based diets could …

What motivates German consumers to reduce their meat consumption? Identifying relevant beliefs

AE Seffen, S Dohle - Appetite, 2023 - Elsevier
High levels of meat consumption cause problems related to public health, the environment,
and animal welfare. Therefore, it is crucial to improve our understanding of the drivers and …

Investigating intervention components and their effectiveness in promoting environmentally sustainable diets: a systematic review

NM Wadi, K Cheikh, YW Keung… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Global food systems contribute 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, threatening the
global temperature targets of the Paris Agreement. Diets in high-income countries exceed …

[HTML][HTML] Consumer concerns over food insecurity drive reduction in the carbon footprint of food consumption

S Righi, E Viganò, L Panzone - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023 - Elsevier
Food security is increasingly a societal concern, also in developed economies. While
originally developed through a nutritional lens, food security is also increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] Thinking through norms can make them more effective. Experimental evidence on reflective climate policies in the UK

S Banerjee, J Picard - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Adopting low-carbon diets is important to meet our climate goals. Prior experimental
evidence suggests green nudges help people adopt such diets, more so when encouraged …

[HTML][HTML] How perceptions of meat consumption norms differ across contexts and meat consumer groups

S Wolfswinkel, S Raghoebar, H Dagevos, E de Vet… - Appetite, 2024 - Elsevier
Social norm perceptions are implicit standards describing what is typically done or seen as
acceptable and have shown to be important both in sustaining meat consumption as well as …

Legumes or Meat? The effectiveness of recommendation messages towards a plant-based diet depends on people's identification with flexitarians

V Carfora, P Catellani - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the present research, we analyzed how to promote a plant-based diet by involving 428
volunteers in a 2-week mobile app intervention. We compared messages promoting the …

How can restaurants entice patrons to order environmentally sustainable dishes? Testing new approaches based on hedonic psychology and affective forecasting …

D Fechner, M Karl, B Grün… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Encouraging restaurant guests to order vegetarian dishes plays a key role in creating a
more environmentally sustainable tourism sector. However, for many consumers eating a …

Perceptions of social norms around healthy and environmentally-friendly food choices: Linking the role of referent groups to behavior

EN Çoker, SA Jebb, C Stewart, M Clark… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Referent groups can moderate the perception of social norms and individuals' likelihood to
model these norms in food choice contexts, including vegetable intake and reduced meat …

[HTML][HTML] Nudging plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy in a real-life online supermarket: A randomized controlled trial

N van der Vliet, JM Stuber, S Raghoebar, E Roordink… - Appetite, 2024 - Elsevier
A shift from predominantly animal-based to plant-based consumption can benefit both
planetary and public health. Nudging may help to promote such a shift. This study …