Effects of interpretive front-of-pack nutrition labels on food purchases: Protocol for the Starlight randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Volkova, Ekaterina ^a   Neal, Bruce ^b   Rayner, Mike ^c   Swinburn, Boyd ^a   Eyles, Helen ^a   Jiang, Yannan ^a   Michie, Jo ^a   Ni Mhurchu, Cliona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health star rating label; Mobile applications; Nutrition labeling; Nutrition policy; Randomized controlled trial (RCT); Technology; Traffic light label

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907996064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-968     Document Type: Article

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