An efficient methodology for assessing attention to and effect of nutrition information displayed front-of-pack

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-601

  Bialkova, Svetlana ^a   van Trijp, Hans C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Choice; Consumers; Eye tracking; Nutrition information; Shopping goal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955972742     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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