Sociodemographic differences in the comprehension of nutritional labels on food products

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 767-772

  Sinclair, Sarah ^a   Hammond, David ^a   Goodman, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food labels; Health literacy; Nutrition labeling; Nutrition policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD LABELS; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION LABELING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FOOD LABELS; HEALTH LITERACY; NUTRITION LABELING; NUTRITION POLICY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84887175518     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.04.262     Document Type: Article

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