Swedish consumers' cognitive approaches to nutrition claims and health claims

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Svederberg, Eva ^a   Wendin, Karin ^b,c  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive segmentation; Food labels; Health claims; Nutrition claims; Qualitative research interviews; Sweden

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY FIBER; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 80053096220     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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