A study of the relationship between health awareness, lifestyle behaviour and food label usage in Gauteng

Kempen, EL; Muller, Helene; Symington, Elizabeth A.; Eeden, Tertia van

doi:10.1080/16070658.2012.11734397

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“…Despite the postulated importance of procedural knowledge in dietary behaviour [39,45,59], and previous studies which showed that individuals who use food labels tend to exhibit healthier dietary practices [60,61], no relationship was observed in this study between procedural knowledge and discretionary salt use. Possibly the questions used to assess procedural knowledge were not being directly related to the use of discretionary salt (the questions in this study were related to the reading of food labels).…”

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An examination of the mediating role of salt knowledge and beliefs on the relationship between socio-demographic factors and discretionary salt use: a cross-sectional study

Sarmugam

Worsley

Wang

2013

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundDiscretionary salt use varies according to socio-demographic factors. However, it is unknown whether salt knowledge and beliefs mediate this relationship. This study examined the direct and indirect effect of socio-demographic factors on salt knowledge and discretionary salt use in a sample of 530 Australian adults.MethodsAn internet based cross-sectional survey was used to collect data for this study. Participants completed an online questionnaire which assessed their salt knowledge, beliefs and salt use behaviour. Mplus was used to conduct structural equation modelling to estimate direct and indirect effects.ResultsThe mean age of the participants was 49.2 years, and about a third had tertiary education. Discretionary salt use was inversely related to age (r=-0.11; p<0.05), and declarative salt knowledge (knowledge of factual information) scores (r = -0.17; p<0.01), but was positively correlated with misconceptions about salt (r = 0.09; p<0.05) and beliefs about the taste of salt (r = 0.51; p<0.001). Structural equation modelling showed age, education and gender were indirectly associated with the use of discretionary salt through three mediating pathways; declarative salt knowledge, misconceptions about salt and salt taste beliefs.ConclusionsInequalities observed between socio-demographic groups in their use of discretionary salt use can potentially be reduced through targeted salt knowledge and awareness campaigns.

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An examination of the mediating role of salt knowledge and beliefs on the relationship between socio-demographic factors and discretionary salt use: a cross-sectional study

Sarmugam

Worsley

Wang

2013

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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“…Regarding the impact of health consciousness on nutrition label attitude, our findings are consistent with Ellison et al (2013), Kempen (2012), and Misra (2007). Hypothesis 1 is supported.…”

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Factors instead of demographic characteristics related to nutrition label use

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Huang

Chu

2015

British Food Journal

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how health consciousness and nutrition self-efficacy influence attitudes towards and use of nutrition labels, the moderating effect of nutrition knowledge between health consciousness and nutrition label attitude, and the impact of the consumer’s ethical evaluation of a business on nutrition label use. Design/methodology/approach – This study proposes an integrative model that includes health consciousness, nutrition self-efficacy, nutrition knowledge, nutrition label attitude, ethical evaluation, and nutrition label use. Empirical data were collected from a famous website in Taiwan by a non-ordered questionnaire to decrease the priming effect, and 306 valid questionnaires were collected. The collected data were analysed using SPSS and AMOS software. Findings – The results show that both health consciousness and nutrition self-efficacy have direct effects on nutrition label attitude, and this attitude will influence label use. There is a moderating effect of nutrition knowledge, in terms of both subjective and objective nutrition label knowledge, between health consciousness and nutrition label attitude. However, the moderating effect in the low nutrition label knowledge group is slightly greater than in the high nutrition label knowledge group. The consumer’s ethical evaluation of businesses affects nutrition label use. Originality/value – This study is the first to indicate that nutrition label knowledge, both subjective and objective, will moderate the relationship between consumers’ health consciousness and their attitude towards nutrition labels. Furthermore, this study affirms the relationship between the consumer’s ethical evaluation of a firm and nutrition label use.

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“…38 Therefore, it seems that with the proper education of consumers by health professionals and educational programmes on the importance of nutrition labelling, as well as the reading and understanding of food labels, consumers may be more willing and capable of making healthier food choices. Consumers who indicated that they did not read labels identified a lack of interest, time, price concerns 35 and habitual purchasing 37 as the main reasons. Some consumers have also indicated that they regard the taste of a product as being more important than its nutritional content.…”

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“…34 However, some indicated that they were unsure of their understanding of the information provided. 37,38 Other difficulties experienced by consumers when using nutrition labels included the font size of the nutrition information, as well as the terminology used in the ingredients' list. 38 Therefore, it seems that with the proper education of consumers by health professionals and educational programmes on the importance of nutrition labelling, as well as the reading and understanding of food labels, consumers may be more willing and capable of making healthier food choices.…”

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“…88 Since the implementation of the new food labelling regulations in March 2012, research has been carried out to determine whether consumers in South Africa use and understand nutrition labels. A few exploratory studies, in which relatively small samples were used, 4,37,38 have been conducted in the past few years. They all recommended that research on the topic should be conducted on a larger scale.…”

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Food and nutrition labelling: the past, present and the way forward

Koen

Blaauw

Wentzel-Viljoen

2016

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Current global mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) remains unacceptably high and is increasing. A major reduction in the burden of NCDs should come from population-wide interventions, including the promotion of a healthy diet through the provision of adequate nutrition information on food labels. However, in order for this type of intervention to be successful, it is important to have a better understanding of the consumer. This review focuses on the need for food and nutrition labelling (the section of information on a food label that specifically declares nutrient content) within the context of NCDs, as well as consumer nutrition label use, and understanding and the impact of nutrition labelling on purchasing behaviour. It provides a summary of the latest global nutrition labelling trends, the current situation in South Africa and the way forward. Consumer knowledge, use and understanding of nutrition labelling has been investigated extensively in the international literature. However, the majority of these investigations were conducted in developed countries. Therefore, additional research on the impact of nutrition labelling in developing countries is necessary, and should be a priority. There have been many developments in South Africa in terms of food and nutrition labelling in the last decade. Although the food industry, health professionals and consumers face many changes, challenges and opportunities with regard to food, and specifically to nutrition labelling, this is also the ideal time to promote the use and understanding of nutrition information on labels by health professionals to consumers.

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A study of the relationship between health awareness, lifestyle behaviour and food label usage in Gauteng

Cited by 22 publications

References 14 publications

An examination of the mediating role of salt knowledge and beliefs on the relationship between socio-demographic factors and discretionary salt use: a cross-sectional study

An examination of the mediating role of salt knowledge and beliefs on the relationship between socio-demographic factors and discretionary salt use: a cross-sectional study

Factors instead of demographic characteristics related to nutrition label use

Food and nutrition labelling: the past, present and the way forward

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