Consumer knowledge, attitudes and salt-related behavior in the Middle-East: The case of Lebanon

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5079-5102

  Nasreddine, Lara ^a   Akl, Christelle ^a   Al Shaar, Laila ^a   Almedawar, Mohamad M ^a   Isma’eel, Hussain ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behavior; Consumer; Dietary salt; Knowledge; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEBANON; MALE; PROCESSED FOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE; SALT RELATED KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM RESTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910607126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6115079     Document Type: Article

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