Conference paper
Forming Sustainable Seafood Consumption Habits In Uk Families
Conference Proceedings of the International Food Marketing Research Symposium 2017, pp.134-139
International Food Marketing Research Symposium, 2017 (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 14-Jun-2017 - 16-Jun-2017)
Institute of Food Products Marketing
2017
Abstract
A well-balanced diet is important for ensuring healthy nutrition, especially in young children, as eating habits established early in life tend to continue into adulthood (Janz et al. 2005; List and Samek 2015). Government led initiatives aimed at increasing awareness of healthy eating habits, in general, have proposed seafood as a key component of a healthy diet, as evidenced by UK government recommendations of consuming two full servings of seafood per week (Wirfalt 2013). In addition to health concerns, the seafood industry has witnessed a rise in the attention given to sustainability issues in the media including those related to by-catch, overfishing, unclear labelling practices, and harmful fishing methods. Consumers are becoming more aware and concerned about ethical and sustainable seafood consumption (RFBMR 2012; DEFRA 2013; FishLove 2016). Given the focus on healthy diets for UK children (Mikkilä et al. 2005; Affinita et al. 2013), combined with the serious issues around declining fish stocks globally (Carrell 2013; Harvey 2013), it is of societal and environmental interest to increase UK families' awareness of the health benefits of including sustainable sources of seafood in the diet. To achieve this, there is a need to encourage the selection of sustainable seafood and to positively influence healthy and ethical eating habit formation in young children. The family environment is the first and most crucial place where children are exposed to different food groups and eating patterns, and subsequently where enculturation of their own eating habits occurs (Valle and Euclydes 2007; Downey 2015). Indeed, there are strong links between family consumption habits and the eating habits developed in children of those families. As such, the aim of this study is to explore sustainable seafood consumption habit formation in UK families and to identify intervention strategies which may assist in the creation of such habits.
Details
- Title
- Forming Sustainable Seafood Consumption Habits In Uk Families
- Authors
- Maria Musarskaya (Author)Dawn Birch (Author) - Bournemouth University, United KingdomJuliet Memery (Author)
- Contributors
- Mark Lang (Editor)Marija Cerjak (Editor)Marina Tomic (Editor)
- Publication details
- Conference Proceedings of the International Food Marketing Research Symposium 2017, pp.134-139
- Conference details
- International Food Marketing Research Symposium, 2017 (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 14-Jun-2017 - 16-Jun-2017)
- Publisher
- Institute of Food Products Marketing
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451350502621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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