Abstract
Recently various studies on risk perception have been conducted to discuss how to contribute to effective risk communication. However, analysis of attitudes toward risks and their structure is also important in risk communication. The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for analyzing structure of attitudes toward food-related risks, including causal relationships among attitudes toward risks, perceived risks and other factors that influence attitudes. This paper discusses the theoretical studies on attitude, and it examines a series of studies on risk perception and attitudes toward risks. Then it produces a structural model of attitudes toward food-related risks.
