An overview of consumer attitudes and beliefs about plant food supplements

Food and Function

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 747-752

  Egan, Bernadette ^a   Hodgkins, Charo ^a   Shepherd, Richard ^a   Timotijevic, Lada ^a   Raats, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ATTITUDES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTS; HERBAL MEDICINES; OLDER PEOPLE; POLICY MAKERS;

FOOD ADDITIVES; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRITION;

VITAMINS;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; PLANT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455167174     PISSN: 20426496     EISSN: 2042650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1fo10109a     Document Type: Review

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