FURUMITSU Isato    Department   Hiroshima shudo University  The Faculty of Health Sciences    Position   Professor
Date	2018/09/27
Presentation Theme	Cultural Psychological Study on Eating Behavior (2): Eating Behavior and Attitude of Japanese Vegetarians toward Foods
Conference	The 82nd Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association
Promoters	Tohoku University
Conference Type	Domestic
Presentation Type	Poster
Contribution Type	Collaborative
Venue	Sendai
Publisher and common publisher	Isato FURUMITSU, Yuji WADA, Hidefumi HITOKOTO, Ikko KAWAHASHI and Sumio IMADA
Details	We examined the attitudes of vegetarians and omnivores to food, including gender difference, by using Japanese version of the Meaning of Food in Life Questionnaire (MFLQ; Arbit et al., 2017). Results showed that vegetarians’ scores on health consciousness subscale and using diet as a socializing tool subscale were significantly lower than those of omnivores. It also became clear that women regarded meals more important than men.