A consumer segmentation of nutrition information use and its relation to food consumption behaviour

Food Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-80

  Visschers, Vivianne H M ^a   Hartmann, Christina ^a   Leins Hess, Rebecca ^a   Dohle, Simone ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer segmentation; Food frequencies; Nutrition information; Nutrition labels; Targeted communication

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRITION; PANEL DATA;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84882745707     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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