Can we predict who adopts health-promoting foods? Users of functional foods in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-24

  Niva, Mari ^a,b  

^a National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

^b National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumers; Eating; Functional foods; Health; Sociodemographics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSUMER; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33745727362     PISSN: 17482976     EISSN: 17482984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11026480600655378     Document Type: Article

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