A theoretical and empirical investigation of nutritional label use

Drichoutis, Andreas C.; Lazaridis, Panagiotis; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Kapsokefalou, Maria; Chryssochoidis, George

doi:10.1007/s10198-007-0077-y

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“…Functional products are usually marketed as foods that can provide positive health effects beyond conventional foods (Diplock et al, 1999). Labels provide important information to households that allow them to make informed and healthier food choices (Drichoutis, Panagiotis, Nayga, & Kapsokefalou, 2008). That is one of the reasons why effective labeling forms an important step in the marketing of these products.…”

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Demand for functional and nutritional enhancements in specialty milk products

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Wohlgenant

2014

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Demand for functional and nutritional enhancements in specialty milk products

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Wohlgenant

2014

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“…Furthermore, additional situational factors, for example, type of household and perceived importance of price, seem to play a role in determining whether people look at nutrition labels or not (3,5) . However, in studies in which several types of sociodemographic and situational variables were looked at together, the picture is not that clear any more (6)(7)(8)(9)(10) . …”

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The role of health-related, motivational and sociodemographic aspects in predicting food label use: a comprehensive study

Hess

Visschers

Siegrist

2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Previous studies focused on a limited number of determinants of food label use. We therefore tested a comprehensive model of food label use consisting of sociodemographic, health-related and motivating variables. These three predictor groups were chosen based on the previous literature and completed with new predictors not yet examined in a comprehensive study of frequency of label use. Design: We sent questionnaires to a random sample of households in the Germanspeaking part of Switzerland. Setting: The respondents filled in the questionnaire at home and returned it by mail. Subjects: We analysed the data of 1162 filled-in questionnaires (response rate 5 38 %). Of the respondents, 637 were women (55 %), and their mean age was 53?54 (SD 15?68) years. Results: Health-related variables were the most important group of predictors of label use, followed by motivating factors and sociodemographic variables. Placing importance on health, healthy eating and nutritional value of food, perceived vulnerability for diet-related diseases, nutrition knowledge, numeracy and gender were positively associated with frequency of food label use whereas shopping habits and seeing eating as something positive were negative predictors of frequency of label use. Conclusions: People's health consciousness should be raised in order to increase the frequency of food label use. Furthermore, it should be stressed that reading labels and keeping a healthy diet do not contradict 'good eating', and that both of these aspects can be combined with the help of food labels. Keywords Food label Nutrition table Comprehensive model Predictors of food label useNutrition labels on food products are often praised as an important instrument for health promotion and prevention of diseases associated with overweight and obesity (1)(2)(3)(4) . To find out how this preventive strategy can be used optimally and where the potential starting points for further improvement could be, it is very important to understand what determines use of food labels. This knowledge would help public health communicators to decide to whom and how they need to promote food label use. However, to our knowledge, existing studies investigating food label use have focused mainly on either sociodemographic and economic variables or on health-related factors. No study has systematically included factors inhibiting label use. The aims of the present study were, therefore, to provide a comprehensive framework of determinants of nutrition label use and to shed light on the motivators and inhibitors of nutrition label use. Thereby, we paid attention to three groups of potential determinants of label use: (i) a person's sociodemographic and economic background; (ii) healthrelated aspects; and (iii) factors which discourage people from using food labels (see Fig. 1). We now discuss the relevant factors of each of these three determinants, based on previous studies. One difficulty of studying label use is the number of different labels in the different international marke...

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“…At the same time, other authors focus on the effectiveness of eco-labelling in shaping consumer environmental food choices, pointing out the importance of variables, such as: information asymmetry and eco-labelling credibility; time constraints and difficulty in understanding correctly environmental certifications; and differences in price and taste [37][38][39]. Instead, the literature studying the economic variables that influence healthy food choices focuses on variables, such as: the relative cheapness of energy-dense food with respect to healthy products; time preference; time constraints; nutritional knowledge; and the effectiveness of health-related labelling, such as nutrition and health claims [22,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46].…”

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Can Health and Environmental Concerns Meet in Food Choices?

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Abstract:The objective of the study is to analyze if there is a relationship between health and environmental sustainability concerns in food choices. We used data of 300 Italian consumers collected through a vis-à-vis survey. We performed cross-tabulations and chi-square tests for a selected set of variables measuring both types of concerns, segmenting the sample by age, gender and education. Our results suggest that the association between health and environmental concerns is often statistically significant, though we observe a high variable specificity of the associations. Socio-demographic conditions seem to play a role in determining the association between the two concerns, with middle-aged and/or highly-educated respondents showing a stronger association between health and environmental concerns.

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A theoretical and empirical investigation of nutritional label use

Cited by 74 publications

References 36 publications

Demand for functional and nutritional enhancements in specialty milk products

Demand for functional and nutritional enhancements in specialty milk products

The role of health-related, motivational and sociodemographic aspects in predicting food label use: a comprehensive study

Can Health and Environmental Concerns Meet in Food Choices?

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