Nutrition label use mediates the positive relationship between nutrition knowledge and attitudes towards healthy eating with dietary quality among university students in the UK

Appetite

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 297-303

  Cooke, Rachel ^a   Papadaki, Angeliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary quality; Nutrition label use; University students

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FAT; SUGAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EATING; FAST FOOD; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUGAR INTAKE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908449020     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.08.039     Document Type: Article

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