Perceptions of New Zealand nutrition labels by Māori, Pacific and low-income shoppers

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 706-713

  Signal, Louise ^a   Lanumata, Tolotea ^b   Robinson, Jo Ani ^a   Tavila, Aliitasi ^b   Wilton, Jenny ^a   Mhurchu, Cliona Ni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Healthy food choice; Low income; M ori; Nutrition labels; Pacific

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOPPING; SOCIAL MARKETING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMERCE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; POVERTY;

EID: 44649134646     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001395     Document Type: Article

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