Nutritional quality, labelling and promotion of breakfast cereals on the New Zealand market

Appetite

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 253-260

  Devi, Anandita ^a   Eyles, Helen ^a   Rayner, Mike ^b   Mhurchu, Cliona Ni ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^a,c   Lonsdale Cooper, Emily ^a   Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breakfast cereals; Claims; Labelling; New Zealand; Nutritional quality; Promotional characters

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SODIUM; SUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; SODIUM INTAKE;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARKET; MEAL; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ADVERTIZING; ANALYSIS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH FOOD; PROTEIN INTAKE; SODIUM INTAKE;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BREAKFAST; CEREALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 84904334851     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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