Fortification of selected foodstuffs with folic acid in the UK: Consumer research carried out to inform policy recommendations

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-29

  Tedstone, Alison ^a   Browne, Mark ^a   Harrop, Lynda ^a   Vernon, Claire ^b   Page, Victoria ^b   Swindells, Jill ^b   Hayward, Wendy ^c   Croft, Jeannette ^c   Harris, Freda ^c   Stockley, Lynn ^d  

^a FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Define Research and Insight   (United Kingdom)

^c Independent Public Health Nutritionist ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Public Health Nutritionist   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer research; Food; Nutrition; Policy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 39749187557     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm073     Document Type: Article

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