The present studys findings indicate that subjects
viewed the consumption of homemade meals as an essential
means of achieving relevant personal goals. This could
be symptomatic of a high involvement with cooking and
eating meals at home, which could, in turn, have influenced
greatly the evaluation of the other meal solutions. Comparable
results were also reported in similar studies (Costa
et al., 2002a, 2003; Goldsmith et al., 1995; Milburn, 1995).