Food Label Effects on Customer Purchases in a Hospital Cafeteria in Northern California

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-168

  Sato, Jennifer N ^a   Wagle, Ashwini ^a   McProud, Lucy ^a   Lee, Loretta ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

calories; food labels; saturated fat; total fat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877913164     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15378020.2013.782235     Document Type: Article

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