Consumer perceptions of graded, graphic and text label presentations for qualified health claims

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-256

  Kapsak, Wendy Reinhardt ^a   Schmidt, David ^a   Childs, Nancy M ^b   Meunier, John ^c   White, Christy ^c  

^a International Food Information Council   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cogent Research LLC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health claims; IFIC Foundation; Qualified health claims; Structure function claims

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; LAW; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 39349117883     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390701286058     Document Type: Article

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