Consumer understanding of nutrition and health claims: Sources of evidence

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 474-484

  Leathwood, Peter D ^a   Richardson, David P ^b   Sträter, Peter ^c   Todd, Peter M ^d,e   van Trijp, Hans C M ^f,g,h  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b DPR Nutrition Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c Südzucker ^*  (Germany)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^f UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h International Life Sciences Institute of Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Claim methodology; Consumer understanding; Legislation; Nutrition and health claims

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547982194     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711450778697X     Document Type: Review

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