Nutrition communication: Consumer perceptions and predicting intentions

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Dean, Moira ^a   Lähteenmäki, Liisa ^b   Shepherd, Richard ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buying intention; Consumer perceptions; Health claims

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PEPTIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CLAIM; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 79951751414     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665110003964     Document Type: Conference Paper

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