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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"food labels"”.
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The value and role of food labels: three essays examining information flows in the food system for experience and credence attributes
This dissertation investigates the role of food labels as means of conveying information about food product characteristics, with particular attention to experience and credence attributes. Unobserved product characteristics such as taste, food safety, nutrition, or quality are inherently difficult …
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Adult consumers' understanding and use of information on food labels : a study among consumers living in the Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp region
… to assist South Africans to make better informed food choices. The food label has the potential to assist consumers during food purchasing; however, consumers should be able to understand and use the information provided on food labels. Objective: To investigate adult consumers' understanding …
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Psychometric Testing of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model of Behavior Change Questionnaire in Mexican-Americans with Diabetes Type 2
… level which affected their ability to read food labels, count carbohydrates, and understand information taught in diabetic education classes. They tended to have strong family support systems but poor internal motivation. Based on Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient values, only seven …
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Studentų nuomonės apie maisto produktų ženklinimą vertinimas /
Evaluation of Students' Opinion Regarding Food Labelling. Food labeling is one of the main information sources that helps to improve consumers eating habits and maintain health. The aim of research: To evaluate Vilnius University Medicine and Economics faculties students’ opinion regarding food …
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Dietary outcomes from the V-STOP Stroke Program
… Center were taught portion control, how to read food labels, and principles of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. Dietary intake was assessed using·a 24- hour dietary recall at baseline, week three, and week six. No statistically significant changes were observed in …
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Social Support And Health Behaviors
… likely to smoke and more likely to adhere to food labels. The results from this study suggest that varying sources of social support is not a consistent predictor of health behaviors.</p>
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Examining the Correlates of Adolescent Food and Nutrition Knowledge in London, Ontario
Food literacy is a set of skills and knowledge that are integral to diet. It is common among teenagers to not have basic food literacy skills needed to consume a healthy diet. This exploratory study examined: (1) the current state of food and nutrition knowledge among adolescents in grades 9-12 in …
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Increasing Participation of Diabetes Patients in Diabetes Self-Management by Identifying Barriers Hindering the Achievement of Diabetes Self-Management Behaviors in a Medical-Surgical Unit
… accessibility and the high cost of healthy foods, the inability to read food labels, the lack of knowledge about carbohydrate counting, the lack of social support, the lack of time and lack of motivation, the lack of knowledge of self-care procedures including blood glucose monitoring, …
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A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Front-Of-Package Nutrition Labels In The US
… In efforts to better inform consumers of their food consumption, increasingly front-of-package (fop) food labels are displayed on packaged food items. Fop nutrition labels have become more prevalent in the US to help consumers identify healthier options at the point-of-purchase. This study aimed …
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Food label reading habits of low-income women and women from the general population
… Education Act of 1990 (NLEA) mandates that the Food and Drug Administration overhaul existing food labeling regulations and provide the consumer with a standardized, informative food-labeling policy. The intended benefit is the elimination of the confusion currently surrounding food labeling and …
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Separation and quantification of fourteen chemical forms of fat soluble vitamins in food matrices using solid phase extraction coupled with liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry
… and vitamin K (K1, K2, K3) from different food matrices. The polarities of all fourteen fat-soluble vitamins (FSVs) were determined and chemical properties of many different organic solvents were studied. Quantification was conducted using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). …
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Food labeling systems and Consumers’ Decision making
… means of informing consumers about healthier food options, no single labeling system has proven successful in this regard. The absence of a definitive labeling system ideal for all purposes makes it challenging to determine the most effective one. This uncertainty has led to a gap in the …
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An analysis of consumer perceptions, attitudes, visual attention allocation, and willingness to pay for clean label food items
… about the ingredients and processes used in food manufacturing, they have started to demand foods that are free from artificial ingredients, natural, organic, and non-GMO. Thus, the clean label trend emerged. This study examined consumers’ perceptions, attitudes, willingness to pay, and …
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Effects of the Implementation of a Pilot Nutrition Education Program in a Rural Appalachian County.
<p>The purpose of the study was to determine if nutrition knowledge would increase, indicated by improvements in pretest and posttest scores, following implementation of a nutrition lesson plan. The subjects included 532 fourth through eighth grade students from Johnson County, a rural county in …
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The food quality schemes of the European Union and their implications on the Hungarian market
… for consumers to know exactly what kind of foods they consume, while it is increasingly vital for food producers to excel from the competition in the global market. This requires a great deal of information exchange between these two market players. The most common way to do this is through …
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Evaluation of a one year long, non-dieting, physical activity based lifestyle intervention programme for clinically obese women
… behaviours, whilst educating participants about food labels and food choices. Educational Sessions: one per week for 12 weeks on physiological and psychological mechanisms of exercise and dieting (e.g. dangers of weight cycling due to dieting). Social Support: follow-up phone calls if two weeks …