School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education, University of Eastern Finland, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland.
Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Nutrients. 2019 Jan 29;11(2):292. doi: 10.3390/nu11020292.
Consumption of foods of insect origin is encouraged, since insect consumption is seen as one of the responses to the environmental impact of meat production. This study examines the attitude (A), subjective norm (SN), perceived behavioral control (PC), and food neophobia (FN) toward the consumption of foods of insect origin, as well as the conditions for eating insect-based foods among vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores.
The data was obtained by using an online survey and convenience sampling ( = 567, of whom omnivores represented 74%, vegans 5%, and non-vegan vegetarians 22%).
The three dietary groups exhibited significantly different intention (I) to eat foods of insect origin. Vegans held the most rigid negative attitude (A), and their subjective norm (SN) to eat insects was weaker compared to that of omnivores ( < 0.001) and non-vegan vegetarians ( < 0.001). Vegans' perceived behavioral control (PC) over their eating of insects was stronger compared to that of omnivores ( < 0.001) and non-vegan vegetarians < 0.001), and they were more neophobic than omnivores ( < 0.001) and non-vegan vegetarians ( < 0.001). Non-vegan vegetarians held the most positive attitude toward eating insects, and both non-vegan vegetarians and omnivores thought that insect consumption is wise and offers a solution to the world's nutrition problems. In contrast, vegans regarded insect consumption as immoral and irresponsible.
Vegans' weak intention, negative attitude, and low willingness to eat insects in the future exhibit their different dietarian identity compared to that of omnivores and non-vegan vegetarians.
食用昆虫类食物受到鼓励,因为食用昆虫被视为应对肉类生产对环境影响的措施之一。本研究调查了消费者对食用昆虫类食物的态度(A)、主观规范(SN)、感知行为控制(PC)和食物恐惧(FN),以及纯素食者、素食者和杂食者食用昆虫类食物的条件。
通过在线调查和便利抽样(=567 人,其中杂食者占 74%,纯素食者占 5%,非纯素食素食者占 22%)获得数据。
三个饮食群体对食用昆虫类食物的意向(I)存在显著差异。纯素食者对食用昆虫类食物的态度最为僵化(A),与杂食者( < 0.001)和非纯素食素食者( < 0.001)相比,他们对食用昆虫类食物的主观规范(SN)较弱。纯素食者对食用昆虫类食物的感知行为控制(PC)强于杂食者( < 0.001)和非纯素食素食者( < 0.001),并且比杂食者( < 0.001)和非纯素食素食者( < 0.001)更恐惧食用昆虫类食物。非纯素食素食者对食用昆虫类食物的态度最为积极,而且非纯素食素食者和杂食者都认为食用昆虫类食物是明智的,是解决世界营养问题的一种方法。相比之下,纯素食者认为食用昆虫类食物不道德且不负责任。
与杂食者和非纯素食素食者相比,纯素食者食用昆虫类食物的意向较弱、态度消极、未来食用意愿低,这体现了他们不同的饮食身份。