Point-of-Purchase Nutrition Information Influences Food-Purchasing Behaviors of College Students: A Pilot Study

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1222-1226

  Freedman, Marjorie R ^a   Connors, Rachel ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955038484     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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