Diet Choice and the Role of Time Preference

Diet Choice and the Role of Time Preference

Economic theory related to time preference and health may be useful as a means of understanding the predictors of diet choice. The willingness to subvert present for future utility is hypothesized to influence the process of sacrificing time, flavor, convenience, and price in order to choose a healt...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of consumer affairs 2003-06, Vol.37 (1), p.143-160
Hauptverfasser: HUSTON, SANDRA J., FINKE, MICHAEL S.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Academic motivation
Cognitive Ability
Commodities
Consumer behavior
Consumer education
Consumer preferences
Consumers
Cultural Influences
Diet
Discount rates
Discounting
Drug Use
Economic aspects
Economic theory
Education
Educational Attainment
Educational trends
Environmental Influences
Evidence
Food
Food consumption
Food economics
Food labeling
Health aspects
Health behavior
Health care
Human capital
Influence
Investments
Medical Services
Nutrition
Nutrition Instruction
Preferences
Present value
Regression analysis
Role of Education
Social aspects
Time
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Zusammenfassung:Economic theory related to time preference and health may be useful as a means of understanding the predictors of diet choice. The willingness to subvert present for future utility is hypothesized to influence the process of sacrificing time, flavor, convenience, and price in order to choose a healthful diet. Empirical results confirm the unique importance of variables related to rate of future discounting versus variables associated with market or cultural factors.
ISSN:0022-0078
1745-6606
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.2003.tb00444.x