Consumer understanding of UK salt intake advice

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of consumer information and advice issued by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) in terms of consumer understanding.Design methodology approach - A total of 118 female respondents in Scotland completed a questionnaire investigati...

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Published in:British food journal (1966) 2007-01, Vol.109 (3), p.233-245
Main Authors: Marshall, Stephanie, Bower, John A, Schröder, Monika J.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
consumer attitudes
consumer education
Consumer information
Consumers
Consumption
Descriptive labeling
Diet
Dietary guidelines
dietary recommendations
dietary surveys
Food
food beliefs
food intake
Health education
Information sources
Nutrition
nutrition knowledge
Nutrition research
Polls & surveys
Questionnaires
Salt
Salts
Scotland
Socioeconomic factors
Sodium
sodium chloride
Studies
UK Food Standards Agency
United Kingdom
women
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Summary:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of consumer information and advice issued by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) in terms of consumer understanding.Design methodology approach - A total of 118 female respondents in Scotland completed a questionnaire investigating their knowledge about the role of dietary salt and testing their understanding of educational material supplied by the FSA.Findings - A significant proportion (p
ISSN:0007-070X
1758-4108
DOI:10.1108/00070700710732556