Reducing Consumption of Animal Products

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28 August 2023

Editorial: Reducing consumption of animal products

Christopher Bryant

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Christopher J. Hopwood

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Jared Piazza

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Christopher John Bryant

University of Bath

Christopher J Hopwood

University of Zurich

Jared Piazza

Lancaster University

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Animal production and consumption is implicated in environmental issues including climate change, deforestation, and water pollution; public health issues including emerging diseases and antibiotic resistance; and animal welfare issues relating to selectively bred animals, painful mutilations, and the suppression of natural behaviours.

Behavioural researchers can play a key role in mitigating these issues by developing interventions to reduce consumption of animal products. Examples include modelling theories of behaviour change, developing tools to help people reduce their meat consumption, assessing attitudes towards policy changes around meat reduction, and evaluating nudges to increase selection of plant foods.

This Research Topic welcomes papers focusing on behavioural research that evaluates, generates, or tests methods to reduce consumption of animal products and/or promote consumption of plant-based products. Products can include a variety of food consumables. Example studies may include empirical studies on meat reduction interventions, social research on alternative proteins including cultured meat, or theoretical studies relating to food behaviour change. All papers should present new empirical data or be framed from an explicitly empirical perspective. Empirical studies may be experimental, correlational, or qualitative. Papers that sample from diverse populations, use well-powered designs, and are pre-registered are particularly welcome.

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Christopher John Bryant

University of Bath

Christopher J Hopwood

University of Zurich

Jared Piazza

Lancaster University

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Frontiers in Nutrition

Nutrition and Sustainable Diets, Nutrition, Psychology and Brain Health

Frontiers in Psychology

Personality and Social Psychology

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Nutrition and Sustainable Diets

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