The impact of front-of-pack marketing attributes versus nutrition and health information on parents’ food choices

Appetite

Volumn 116, Issue , 2017, Pages 323-338

  Georgina Russell, Catherine ^a   Burke, Paul F ^a   Waller, David S ^a   Wei, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Food choices; Food labels; Fussiness; Health star rating; Parents

Indexed keywords

ART; BAKERY PRODUCT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRIENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019558842     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.001     Document Type: Article

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