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‘We're meat, so we need to eat meat to be who we are’ : understanding motivations that increase or reduce meat consumption among emerging adults in the University of Ghana food environment

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Mensah, Daniel Opoku, Mintah, Faustina Ofosua, Oteng, Sylvia Adoma, Lillywhite, Robert and Oyebode, Oyinlola (2022) ‘We're meat, so we need to eat meat to be who we are’ : understanding motivations that increase or reduce meat consumption among emerging adults in the University of Ghana food environment. Meat Science, 193 . 108927. doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108927

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Abstract

The increasing presence of meat products in the diets of sub-Saharan African (SSA) populations have consequences for human and planetary health in the subregion. But there are questions about whether emerging adults in SSA setting who are both important targets and potentially key drivers of dietary change are willing to modify their diets for health and ecological benefits. This study used focus group discussions and best friend dyad interviews with 46 university students. Verbatim transcripts were analysed thematically using NVivo-12. Various motivations to increase or reduce meat consumption are highlighted by the results, some of which participants deemed more relevant than others. Health concerns; animal welfare; and environmental sustainability were not important to this age group, and they did not consider changing their behaviour based on these drivers. Body weight/shape, meat as identity, pleasure, and joy; and meat-eating as part of socialisation were frequent drivers of increased meat consumption; religion/cultural practices were frequent drivers of limited consumption.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Q Science > QP Physiology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Meat -- Health aspects -- Sub-Saharan Africa, Meat industry and trade -- Sub-Saharan Africa, Food consumption -- Sub-Saharan Africa, Meat industry and trade -- Environmental aspects, Animal industry -- Environmental aspects, Dairy products industry -- Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal or Publication Title: Meat Science
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0309-1740
Official Date: November 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
November 2022Published
28 July 2022Available
23 July 2022Accepted
Volume: 193
Article Number: 108927
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108927
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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