TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chinea Montesdeoca, C.
AU  - Suárez, E.
AU  - Hernández, B.
AU  - Rolo-González, G.
KW  - Ecological
KW  - Food
KW  - Frugality
KW  - Second-hand
KW  - Vegan
T1  - Meat-free diets and their relationship with the meaning of food and eco-friendly purchase and consumption behaviours
LA  - eng
PY  - 2022
SP  - 2761
EP  - 2771
T2  - British Food Journal
SN  - 0007-070X
VL  - 124
IS  - 9
PB  - Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
AB  - Purpose: The paper aims to determine whether people with different eating patterns, specifically meat-free diets, engage in other types of eco-friendly behaviours and whether the meanings attributed to food allow for a better understanding of this relationship. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected between 2019 and 2020, on the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Different instruments were used: The meaning of food in life questionnaire (MFLQ; Arbit et al., 2017); the dietarian identity questionnaire (DIQ; Rosenfeld and Burrow, 2018) and the frugal behaviour scale (Muiños et al., 2015) and two items were used to identify the frequency with which participants purchased ecological or second-hand products. The final sample consisted of 202 participants who ate a vegan, vegetarian or omnivorous diet. Spearman's Correlations were performed and the Kruskal–Wallis statistical test was used. Findings: People with a vegan or vegetarian diet purchased ecological (p ≤ 0.001) and second-hand products (p = 0.006) more frequently compared to omnivores. Furthermore, the meanings attributed to food, specifically the moral, sacred and health meanings, were related to differences in eating patterns (p ≤ 0.001), while also being related to some eco-friendly purchase and consumption behaviours. Lastly, frugal behaviour was only found to be related to the health factor of meaning in food (rs = 0.27). Research limitations/implications: The measurement used to evaluate the purchase of ecological and second-hand products is very simple/the role of the meaning of food in guiding more eco-friendly behaviours and promoting less ecologically impactful eating patterns. Originality/value: The study provides valuable information on how vegan, vegetarian and omnivorous diets relate to eco-friendly behaviours.
DO  - 10.1108/BFJ-03-2021-0309
UR  - https://portalciencia.ull.es/documentos/6186086a8a2f583ff09af430
DP  - Dialnet - Portal de la Investigación
ER  -