Female Marriage Immigrants’ Information Awareness, Perception and Familiarity on Korean Food Culture by Personal Characteristics and Food Neophobia Degree

The 2019 hepatitis A outbreak has become increasingly prevalent among adults in Korea and is the largest outbreak since that in 2009-2010. The incidence in the current outbreak is highest among adults aged 35-44 years, corresponding to the peak incidence among those aged 25-34 years 10 years ago. This may indicate a cohort effect in the corresponding age group. Causes of these repeated outbreaks of hepatitis A in Korea are low level of immunity among adults, Korean food culture that consumes raw seafood such as salted clam and inadequate public health system. Among countermeasures, along with general infectious disease control measures including control of the infectious agent, infection spread, and host, urgent actions are needed to review the vaccination policy and establish an adequate public health system.

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A Comparative Analysis of the Relationship between Food Neophobia Scale and Korean Food Perception of Southeast Asian Workers Living in South Korea

Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture ◽

10.7318/kjfc/2016.31.2.131 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 131-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kyung-Ran Lee ◽

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Eun Jung Lee

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

South Korea ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Food Neophobia ◽

Food Perception ◽

The Relationship ◽

Korean Food

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Development of a Korean Food Culture Education Textbook for Married Female Immigrants

Korean Journal of Community Nutrition ◽

10.5720/kjcn.2016.21.5.415 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 415 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeong-Sook Lee

Keyword(s):

Food Culture ◽

Female Immigrants ◽

Married Female ◽

Culture Education ◽

Korean Food

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Tasty but Nasty? The Moderating Effect of Message Appeals on Food Neophilia/Neophobia as a Personality Trait: A Case Study of Pig Blood Cake and Meatballs

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods10051093 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 1093

Author(s):

Yen-Cheng Chen ◽

Ching-Sung Lee ◽

Shuo-Hui Kuan

Keyword(s):

Software Package ◽

Hospitality Industry ◽

Food Culture ◽

Government Agencies ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Eastern Asia ◽

Food Neophobia ◽

Street Food ◽

Food Tourism

Given the development of food tourism, food culture has become an important motivation for tourists. This study focuses on food tourism and examines the effects of message appeal and personality traits (food neophilia or neophobia) on tourists’ willingness to consume pig blood cake (PBC) and meatballs, two rice-based Taiwanese street foods. A total of 181 valid questionnaires were administered to foreign tourists in Taiwan (the majority of subjects were Europeans and Americans) through snowball sampling. The questionnaires were analysed using the AMOS 6.0 statistical software package. Foreign tourists’ food neophobia or neophilia was found to significantly affect their willingness to consume rice-based Taiwanese street food (PBC and meatballs) and to strongly regulate the effect of message appeal on their willingness to consume the two delicacies. Past studies on food neophobia/neophilia traits have mostly focused on Western and European foods and have rarely investigated the effect of message appeal on the consumption of traditional rice-based street food in Eastern Asia (e.g., Taiwanese special delicacies). This study’s most important contribution is that food neophilia or neophobia moderates the message appeal effect on foreign tourists’ intention to consume local delicacies. This finding has implications for the hospitality industry and relevant government agencies in Asia for the marketing and promotion of food tourism.

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