Is less always more? The effects of low-fat labeling and caloric information on food intake, calorie estimates, taste preference, and health attributions

Appetite

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-97

  Ebneter, Daria S ^a   Latner, Janet D ^a   Nigg, Claudio R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorie estimates; Calorie labeling; Health attributions; Health halo; Low fat labeling

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CACAO; CALORIC INTAKE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW FAT DIET; NORMAL HUMAN; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HAWAII; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878130904     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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