Figuring out food labels. Young adults' understanding of nutritional information presented on food labels is inadequate

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 531-534

  Sharf, Miri ^a   Sela, Ruti ^a   Zentner, Gary ^a   Shoob, Hanna ^a   Shai, Iris ^b   Stein Zamir, Chen ^a,c  

^a Jerusalem District Health Office   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Food labels; Health education; Health promotion; Nutrition information; Nutritional labelling legislation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856291929     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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