Impact of different front-of-pack nutrition labels on consumer purchasing intentions: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 627-636

  Ducrot, Pauline ^a   Julia, Chantal ^a,b   Méjean, Caroline ^a   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a   Touvier, Mathilde ^a   Fezeu, Léopold K ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b   Péneau, Sandrine ^a  

^a COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; INCOME; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PURCHASING; SHOPPING; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84950261407     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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