Nutrition knowledge and consumer use of nutritional food labels

Factors affecting nutritional food label use in Greece are examined using primary data collected from personal interviews with consumers shopping at supermarkets in Athens. The econometric approach treats nutrition knowledge, where appropriate, as an endogenous variable when estimating the models fo...

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Published in:European review of agricultural economics 2005-03, Vol.32 (1), p.93-118
Main Authors: Drichoutis, A.C, Lazaridis, P, Nayga, R.M. Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
consumer attitudes
Consumer behavior
consumer education
consumer surveys
Consumers
Descriptive labeling
econometric models
Econometrics
equations
Food
food choices
food composition
Food products
food shopping
Greece
information search
Knowledge
Labelling
nutrient content
Nutrition
nutrition knowledge
nutrition labeling
nutritional information
nutritional labels
Shopping
sociodemographic characteristics
Statistical analysis
Studies
Supermarkets
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Summary:Factors affecting nutritional food label use in Greece are examined using primary data collected from personal interviews with consumers shopping at supermarkets in Athens. The econometric approach treats nutrition knowledge, where appropriate, as an endogenous variable when estimating the models for general label use, degree of general label use and use of information on nutrient content. The results suggest that nutrition knowledge has a strong effect on general label use, degree of use, and on use of nutrient content concerning fat, ingredients and vitamins/minerals, thus confirming the hypothesised link between consumers' nutrition knowledge and behaviour. Socio-demographic effects are also evident in all models.
ISSN:0165-1587
1464-3618
1464-3618
DOI:10.1093/erae/jbi003