A review of consumer awareness, understanding and use of food-based dietary guidelines

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Brown, Kerry A ^a   Timotijevic, Lada ^a   Barnett, Julie ^b   Shepherd, Richard ^a   Lähteenmäki, Liisa ^c   Raats, Monique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Awareness of dietary guidelines; Consumers; Food based dietary guidelines; Understanding of dietary guidelines; Use of dietary guidelines

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD BASED DIETARY GUIDELINE; FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PORTION SIZE; REVIEW;

EID: 79960130027     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511000250     Document Type: Review

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