Determinants of food label use among supermarket shoppers: A singaporean perspective

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-212

  Vijaykumar, Santosh ^a   Lwin, May O ^a   Chao, Jiang ^b   Au, Cyndy ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Behavior; Food label; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMMERCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876783050     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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