Mansky de la Fuente Valentina, Hötzel María José, Teixeira Dayane Lemos, Larraín Rafael Esteban, Enriquez-Hidalgo Daniel
Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Meat Sci. 2024 Jun;212:109467. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109467. Epub 2024 Feb 27.
There's been a change in citizens' attitudes towards beef consumption in high-income countries, resulting in a decline in its consumption. The COVID-19 pandemic may have impacted citizens' attitudes and behaviours towards beef consumption. This study aimed to investigate Chilean citizens' attitudes towards beef consumption during the initial 18 months of the pandemic. Socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes towards beef consumption were asked in two questionnaires done in 2020 (n = 1142) and 2021 (n = 1221). Citizens' attitudes to beef eating and production did not change between the start and more than a year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants not related with animal production, female, young, and non-meat consumers demonstrated more negative attitudes towards beef consumption and production. Half of the participants agreed that beef is bad for the environment, but only 30% agreed that beef is bad for human health. Half of participants had reduced beef consumption and 48% expressed intentions to reduce beef consumption in the future, primarily motivated by concerns related to animal welfare, the environment, and human health. The majority of participants (80%) thought that their fellow citizens should reduce their beef consumption but only 50% had confidence that this will occur. We conclude that Chilean consumers' attitudes to beef eating did not change due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants expressed strong concern about beef consumption both individually and socially, due to environmental, animal and health concerns, and believed Chileans should reduce beef consumption in the future but had low confidence that this will happen.
高收入国家公民对牛肉消费的态度发生了变化，导致牛肉消费量下降。新冠疫情可能影响了公民对牛肉消费的态度和行为。本研究旨在调查疫情最初18个月期间智利公民对牛肉消费的态度。通过在2020年（n = 1142）和2021年（n = 1221）进行的两份问卷，询问了社会人口特征和对牛肉消费的态度。在新冠疫情爆发之初至爆发一年多后，公民对牛肉食用和生产的态度没有改变。与动物生产无关的参与者、女性、年轻人和非肉类消费者对牛肉消费和生产表现出更负面的态度。一半的参与者认为牛肉对环境有害，但只有30%的人认为牛肉对人类健康有害。一半的参与者减少了牛肉消费，48%的人表示未来有减少牛肉消费的意愿，主要是出于对动物福利、环境和人类健康的担忧。大多数参与者（80%）认为他们的同胞应该减少牛肉消费，但只有50%的人相信这会实现。我们得出结论，智利消费者对牛肉食用的态度并未因新冠疫情的爆发而改变。由于对环境、动物和健康的担忧，参与者在个人和社会层面都对牛肉消费表达了强烈关注，并认为智利人未来应该减少牛肉消费，但对这一情况是否会发生信心不足。
