[HTML][HTML] Interventions to reduce meat consumption by appealing to animal welfare: Meta-analysis and evidence-based recommendations

MB Mathur, J Peacock, DB Reichling, J Nadler… - Appetite, 2021 - Elsevier
Reducing meat consumption may improve human health, curb environmental damage, and
limit the large-scale suffering of animals reared in factory farms. Most attention to reducing …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of information about animal husbandry systems on consumers' choice of meat products in a virtual supermarket

C Xu, C Hartmann, M Siegrist - Food and Humanity, 2023 - Elsevier
Farm animal welfare has become a frequently discussed issue. However, the consumption
of animal-friendly products remains a small part of total meat consumption. This study …

Educational interventions and animal consumption: Results from lab and field studies

A Feltz, JN Caton, Z Cogley, M Engel Jr, S Feltz, R Ilea… - Appetite, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, there are many advocacy interventions aimed at reducing animal consumption.
We report results from a lab (N= 267) and a field experiment (N= 208) exploring whether …

Getting the message across: flexitarians as messengers for meat reduction

J Ginn, B Lickel - The Journal of Social Psychology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite a consensus among climate scientists on the impact of meat consumption on
climate change, this has not yet had a significant impact on dietary attitudes and behavior in …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of a theory-informed documentary to reduce consumption of meat and animal products: three randomized controlled experiments

MB Mathur, JR Peacock, TN Robinson, CD Gardner - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several societal issues could be mitigated by reducing global consumption of meat and
animal products (MAP). In three randomized, controlled experiments (n= 217 to 574), we …

The Roles of Identity and Beliefs about Social Change in Decision Making Processes for Identity-Laden Social Change Efforts

J Ginn - 2022 - scholarworks.umass.edu
This dissertation presents three investigations into distinct processes that attempt to explain
people's decision making around social change action in three identity-laden domains …