Characteristics of consumers using 'better for you' front-of-pack food labelling schemes - An example from the Australian Heart Foundation Tick

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2265-2272

  Williams, Susan L ^a   Mummery, Kerry W ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food intake behaviours; Food labelling; Health promotion; Signposting

Indexed keywords

IXODIDA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84902404000     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012005113     Document Type: Review

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