Consumer knowledge and attitudes to salt intake and labelled salt information

Appetite

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-194

  Grimes, Carley A ^a   Riddell, Lynn J ^a   Nowson, Caryl A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Consumer understanding; Dietary; Food labelling; Salt; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE; SHOPPING;

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 69349091116     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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