This study examines the sustainability and healthiness of Ghana's current dietary patterns and explores pathways for promoting sustainable healthy diets through agrifood policy interventions. Using secondary data from the Food and Agriculture Organization's Statistics, Ghana Statistical Service,...

This study explores how behavioral addictions, specifically compulsive and addictive buying, shape counterfeit consumption through the mediating roles of hedonic motivation and social comparison. While prior research has explored maladaptive buying behaviors and counterfeit purchasing...

Background: The UK aims to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2050, with food production and consumption being major contributors to GHG emissions. Consequently, the unsustainable nature of current dietary patterns significantly drives environmental degradation and climate change....

Purpose This study analyzes what type of influencer - microcelebrity or microinfluencer - is best suited to promoting healthy food brands and how that influence depends on consumers' healthy lifestyles. Design/methodology/approach An empirical study with a real healthy food brand was developed...

Mobile health apps (MHAs) provide users with exercise support and dietary recommendations. They also suggest a wide range of novel foods. However, some users may face food neophobia, a reluctance to try unfamiliar foods, as well as the "omnivore's paradox". Optimizing the features that promote...

This study applied the Psychosocial Norms Approach (PNA) to examine Gambian consumers' beliefs regarding consumption of functional foods (FFs), which contain health-promoting bioactive compounds and nutrients. A survey of Gambian consumers, stratified by age, gender, education, and FF knowledge,...

China, similarly to European countries, provides legal protection of IPRs including trademarks, copyrights and patents. If the IP-protected material is uploaded without the right holder's consent, s/he may request in writing, from the internet service provider (ISP): to remove the infringing...

China, similarly to European countries, provides legal protection of IPRs including trademarks, copyrights and patents. If the IP-protected material is uploaded without the right holder's consent, s/he may request in writing, from the internet service provider (ISP): to remove the infringing...

Over the last decade, there has been a growing demand for tools to support sustainable healthy lifestyles, including food choices. Through a survey, this study examined the influence of environmental nutrition information conveyed with aids such as nudges and traffic light labels through a...

By applying the means-end chains (MEC) theory, the purpose of this paper is to provide new insights related to the motivations behind consumer purchase intention of plant-based burgers (PBBs). We presented six pictures of PBBs showing the front and back of the product packages to 62 Italian...

This study aims to evaluate the patterns by which vloggers influence consumers' purchase intention for sustainable healthy diet food, to prevent obesity. In this process, a model was developed and validated through a collaboration between the lens of similarity-attraction theory (SAT) and the...

In May 2023 Frontex coordinated a joint action day (JAD) against the smuggling of counterfeit goods at the external EU borders, including maritime ones. The JAD was implemented under EMPACT and was led and co-led respectively by Bulgaria and Portugal. The operational activity also focused on the...

The Recommendation provides EU stakeholders and Member States with a toolbox to strengthen the EU's capacity to protect the single market from counterfeiting and piracy. It facilitates collaboration and transparency, promotes best practice, and addresses the specific challenges faced by industry...

The Recommendation provides EU stakeholders and Member States with a toolbox to strengthen the EU's capacity to protect the single market from counterfeiting and piracy. It facilitates collaboration and transparency, promotes best practice, and addresses the specific challenges faced by industry...

The Recommendation provides EU stakeholders and Member States with a toolbox to strengthen the EU's capacity to protect the single market from counterfeiting and piracy. It facilitates collaboration and transparency, promotes best practice, and addresses the specific challenges faced by industry...

Developed with intellectual property (IP) practitioners in national judicial authorities in mind, this report aims to provide a better understanding of how criminal infringements of copyrights are legislated and enforced across Member States of the European Union. Its focus are online criminal...

Resource scarcity, the effects of climate change, food insecurity, and health issues related to dietary choices have prompted policymakers to develop new strategies to encourage populations to opt for healthy and sustainable (HS) diets. In this context, nudging strategies are promising tools to...

One way to prevent diseases caused by unhealthy diets is to help consumers make better dietary choices. Knowledge about the consumer perception of food healthiness can help to understand which indicators are important for consumers to make healthy food choices. Generation Z members are young...

This paper examines the economic impact of wine counterfeiting, with a focus on the Sassicaia scandal, publicized in 2020, regarding counterfeit 2015 vintage bottles of the iconic Super Tuscan wine. Wine fraud, documented since ancient Rome, has evolved alongside the industry, with key...

Food security is a significant global concern as a result of the burden that the fast-expanding global population has placed on finite resources, such as arable land for farming. Additionally, the hunt for more nutritious food alternatives has been prompted by a growing understanding of health,...

Access to a healthy diet is a fundamental human right, yet a significant portion of the global population faces barriers to realizing this right. Conventional poverty metrics are designed around food consumption inadequate for lifelong health. We propose poverty lines based on the cost of a...

Maritime piracy is a pressing global economic and security challenge, posing significant threats to international shipping and global trade. Contemporary piracy is intrinsically linked to matters of governance and economic marginalization fostered by the globalization of the world economy. The...

Although insects have been approved as novel foods since 2021, European consumers' willingness to purchase insect-based (IB) foods remains low. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of (i) information treatments highlighting either the safety or environmental benefits of IB...