Irish consumers' use and perception of nutrition and health claims

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2213-2219

  Lynam, Ann Marie ^a   McKevitt, Aideen ^b   Gibney, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

EU legislation; Food labelling; Health claims; Nutrition claims

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LAW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IRELAND; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857196557     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000723     Document Type: Review

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