Consumer testing of the acceptability and effectiveness of front-of-pack food labelling systems for the Australian grocery market

Health Promotion International

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-129

  Kelly, Bridget ^a   Hughes, Clare ^b   Chapman, Kathy ^a   Louie, Jimmy Chun Yu ^c   Dixon, Helen ^d   Crawford, Jennifer ^e   King, Lesley ^f   Daube, Mike ^g   Slevin, Terry ^h  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b CHOICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e Ipsos   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h Cancer Council Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer; Food labelling; Signposting; Survey

Indexed keywords

FAT; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; SUGAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MARKET; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67549105056     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dap012     Document Type: Article

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