The phrase "alter consumption" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing changes in usage patterns, habits, or behaviors related to consumption, such as in economics, environmental studies, or health.
Example: "To address climate change, we need to alter consumption patterns to reduce our carbon footprint."
Alternatives: "change consumption" or "modify consumption".
To meet climate-change mitigation targets, environmental policy instruments have been designed to transform the way goods and services are produced as well as alter consumption patterns.
Currently, 33 states have nominal sales taxes on soft drinks that are considered too small to alter consumption habits.
Reverse causality could also exist because of unmeasured comorbid conditions and health consciousness that might alter consumption of beverages, particularly artificially sweetened ones, and risk of type 2 diabetes.
I have no doubt that bigger changes are on the way for us in home entertainment -- I agree with Lucas that for example we're headed toward Internet and television merging and altering consumption of home entertainment the way iTunes altered record sales.
Hall found that people will smooth their consumption over time and only alter their consumption patterns when their expectations about future income change.
This rapid increase in consumption has altered household consumption behaviour and resource use, often adversely affecting their environmental footprint.
This study indicates that households tend to alter electricity consumption over a period of time in response to the cost of the previous electricity consumption.
When faced with a sharp decline in real incomes, households may be forced to alter their consumption and dietary habits, substituting expensive food items with cheaper ones or even reducing their consumption outright.
"Our advice to consumers is not to alter their consumption of farmed or wild salmon".
The consumers observe the quality and price of the speculator's commodity and decide if it is advantageous for them, and whether to alter their consumption by purchasing the quality altered commodity.
This result is a bit confusing, however, as month over month we would expect consumers to react readily to the price information they have available to them and would alter their consumption habits accordingly.
