Determining how low-income food shoppers perceive, understand, and use food labels

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-27

  Sullivan, Ann D ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DIETETICS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANADA; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; FOOD; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AWARENESS; CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0042422083     PISSN: 14863847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3148/64.1.2003.25     Document Type: Article

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