An overview of findings from a six-country European survey on consumer attitudes to the metabolic syndrome, genetics in nutrition, and potential agro-food technologies

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-246

  de Almeida, Maria Daniel Vaz ^a   Pinhao S ^a   Stewart Knox, B ^b   Parr, H J ^b   Gibney, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Consumer attitudes; Functional foods; Genetic test; GM foods; Health benefits; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ANOREXIA; BEVERAGE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BULIMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEESE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; EATING HABIT; EUROPE; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOTIVATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRIGENOMICS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33748140232     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-3010.2006.00576.x     Document Type: Review

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