Consumers believe nutrition facts labeling for added sugar will be more helpful than confusing

Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2481-2484

  Kyle, Theodore K ^a   Thomas, Diana M ^b  

^a Quest Diagnostics   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE DIET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFUSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; CONFUSION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939547091     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20887     Document Type: Article

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