Consumers’ Response to an On-Shelf Nutrition Labelling System in Supermarkets: Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 494-534

  Hobin, Erin ^a   Bollinger, Bryan ^a   Sacco, Jocelyn ^a   Liebman, Eli ^a   Vanderlee, Lana ^b   Zuo, Fei ^a   Rosella, Laura ^a,b   L'abbe, Mary ^b   Manson, Heather ^a   Hammond, David ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

food environment; food labelling; nutrition policy; population health intervention research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MARKET; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITION POLICY; ON SHELF NUTRITION LABELLING SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SELF REPORT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

CANADA; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 85029374869     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12277     Document Type: Article

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