External or internal beauty? A study on the mechanism influencing food waste behavior

• Published in: Journal of environmental planning and management Vol. 67; no. 6; pp. 1367 - 1385
• Main Authors: Chen, Feiyu, Jiang, Shiyan, Gu, Xiao, Zhiwei, Wang, Yang, Lifeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 11.05.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: administrative management; Beauty; Behavior; China; cognition; Cognitive ability; Emotions; Food; Food consumption; Food waste; Independent variables; issues and policy; norm activation theory; Norms; personal norms; regression analysis; Restaurants; Wastes; Weight; weight control; China

A personal norms intervention strategy is an effective way to reduce food waste behavior. However, the mechanism controlling how personal norms affect food waste behavior needs to be further investigated. In addition, previous studies have reported that weight control is part of this mechanism, but...