BACKGROUND Identifying modifiable correlates of dietary behaviors is of utmost importance for the promotion of healthy dietary behaviors. OBJECTIVE This study explores individual, home, and school/neighborhood environmental correlates of dietary behaviors (intake of fruits, vegetables, soft drinks, and unhealthy snacks) among adolescents. METHODS In total, 742 adolescents with a mean age of...

INTRODUCTION Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) such as sodas, fruit-flavored drinks, and sports drinks is a major contributor to childhood obesity. One strategy to reduce children's SSB consumption has been to restrict the sale of SSBs in schools. However, such policies may not sufficiently curb students' SSB intake, because students can obtain SSBs elsewhere, including from store...

BACKGROUND Previous cross-sectional research has suggested single cigarettes could either promote or inhibit consumption. The present study aimed to assess the effects of single cigarette availability and consumption on downstream quit behavior. METHODS We analyzed population-based, longitudinal data from adult smokers who participated in the 2008 and 2010 administrations of the International...

consumer purchasing decisions relating to foreign products are influenced by economic, psychological and sociological factors. this study attempts to relate such rarely studied variables as animosity and ethnocentrism to concepts taken from consumer behavior which are brand image and purchase intention. consequently, this study attempts to provide insights into how brand image, consumer ethnoce...

Consumers' attempts to control their unwanted consumption impulses influence many everyday purchases with broad implications for marketers' pricing policies. Addressing theoreticians and practitioners alike, this paper uses multiple empirical methods to show that consumers voluntarily and strategically ration their purchase quantities of goods that are likely to be consumed on impulse and that ...

Consumption of antimicrobial drugs, such as antibiotics, is linked with antimicrobial resistance. Surveillance of antimicrobial drug consumption is therefore an important element in dealing with antimicrobial resistance. Many countries lack sufficient surveillance systems. Usage of web mined data therefore has the potential to improve current surveillance methods. To this end, we study how well...

On the basis of a low probability insurance experiment with substantial money on the line, we demonstrate that concern is an important driver of willingness to pay (WTP) for insurance when there is ambiguity surrounding the estimate. Concern still plays an important role when probabilities are given precisely. This finding explains why some individuals pay too much and others little for insuran...

despite possessing the adequate purchase potential for the fast moving consumer goods (fmcgs), the poor are not reckoned as a viable market by the fmcg marketers and as a result, the purchase preferences of poor are largely unexplored for the concerned products. the present paper bridges the gap subsisting in the pertinent literature by exploring the purchase behavior of poor consumers in the r...

Background. Nowadays, One of the factors affecting the social network advertising is the numbers or frequencies of sending an advertisement.  Objectives. the objective of this study was to investigate the role of the Target Audience Rating Point factor in social network advertising in brand awareness and purchase intention of sport brands. Methods. This quasi-experimental study was conducted ...

The objective of the study was to assess degree of consumption of packaged foods, awareness of consumers about health problems of food additives, and also their attitudes towards packaged foods. Two hundred seventy nine employees of Jimma University were participated in the study. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires, and analyzed using SPSS software (version16). The results...