Nutrition knowledge: Application and perception of food labels among women

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 2026-2030

  Ahmadi, Afsane ^a   Torkamani, Pariya ^a   Sohrabi, Zahra ^a   Ghahremani, Fariba ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Food components; Food labeling; Label application; Nutritional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84883887773     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.2026.2030     Document Type: Article

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