期刊
PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 147, 期 -, 页码 119-127出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.02.011
关键词
Health orientation; Consumer health; Consumer behaviour; Food label; Food policy; Food economics
资金
- Lombardy Region administration [UNIAGI-14167]
Objective: This study explored the relationship between health orientation ( i.e. individual motivation to engage in healthy attitudes, beliefs and behaviours) and consumers' use of nutritional information on food labels. Specifically, this study analysed the relationship between a number of direct investments in health ( namely those behaviours that can contribute directly to maintain a good health status) and use of nutritional information on food labels. Study design: Data for the analysis were collected through face-to-face interviews with a sample of 540 Italian consumers in charge of their grocery shopping. Forty grocery stores, including supermarkets and hypermarkets, were selected using a systematic sampling technique. Methods: Data were analysed using three equations and accounting for endogeneity issues. Results: This study found that those consumer groups with low health orientation ( specifically smokers, those who do not exercise regularly, and those with an unhealthy body weight) show little interest in nutritional labels. Conclusion: Nutritional labels as a tool to promote healthier food choices have a limited effect on those consumers in greatest need of pursuing healthier lifestyle habits. Alternative policy intervention should be undertaken to reach these consumer groups. (C) 2017 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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