Swedish students' interpretations of food symbols and their perceptions of healthy eating. An exploratory study

@article{Neuman2014SwedishSI,
  title={Swedish students' interpretations of food symbols and their perceptions of healthy eating. An exploratory study},
  author={Nicklas Neuman and Christine Persson Osowski and Ylva Mattsson Sydner and Christina Fjellstr{\"o}m},
  journal={Appetite},
  year={2014},
  volume={82},
  pages={29-35}
}
View on Elsevier
doi.org
12 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
1
Background Citations
5
Results Citations
1

12 Citations

Front of package symbols as a tool to promote healthier food choices in Slovenia: Accompanying explanatory claim can considerably influence the consumer's preferences.

Health Practices and the Paleo Diet: Understanding Healthy Eating from Paleo Adopters' Perspectives

ed notions of practice, since they describe some of the ways that individuals engage in and with health and illness in their daily lives. These works also demonstrate that health-related activities…

How Is Functional Food Advertising Understood? An Approximation in University Students

The results suggest that a large number of students do not know what functional food is and obtain information about these products mainly from labelling/packaging and the major means of communication through which they learn about health benefits via advertising is the internet, followed by television.

The role of nutrition and health claims in the purchasing of functional beverages : Effects on purchasing intent among Finnish and American consumers

The findings suggest that functional beverages do not share the same exceptional, positive position in the minds of consumers as other functional products, and the concept of fortified waters and the claims used in them are more prone to criticism and distrust.

Healthfulness, Modernity, and Availability of Food and Beverages: Adolescents’ Perceptions in Southern India

This study uses freelists to document perceptions of healthfulness, modernity, and availability of foods and beverages among adolescents ages 13–18 years in urbanizing India and finds adolescents ascribed healthfulness and modernity to food and beverage items and were aware of their availability across stores.

College students’ health attitudes, perceptions of restaurant menu items, and purchase intentions

Assessment of college students’ health attitudes revealed students identified as having low health attitudes were more likely to rate unhealthier menu items as tastier and with a higher purchase intention compared to students with high health attitudes.

A Meta-Analysis of Food Labeling Effects on Consumer Diet Behaviors and Industry Practices.

Rationale and Design of an Online Educational Program Using Game-Based Learning to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity Outcomes Among University Students in the United Kingdom

The study will provide insights with regard to the design and use of online game-playing as a cost-effective approach to improve nutritional knowledge among university students.

Social Significance of Older Peoples Meals : Balancing Adaptive Strategies Between Ideals and Structure

Swedish food habits for higher nutritional value and lower climate impact-food retail portfolio management

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 29 REFERENCES

Swedish consumers' cognitive approaches to nutrition claims and health claims

To achieve effective written communication of food products' health-conducive properties on food labels, there is a need to consider the importance many consumers attach to understanding the meaning of concepts and expressions used and the importance of credibility in certain expressions.

“Functional foods compensate for an unhealthy lifestyle”. Some Swedish consumers’ impressions and perceived need of functional foods

Consumers' Views on Food Quality. A Qualitative Interview Study

The study investigated the themes consumers discuss when describing their everyday considerations about food quality, and suggests that choices of foods often reflect compromises in everyday life rather than the consumers' preferences.

How people interpret healthy eating: contributions of qualitative research.

How, when and why do young women use nutrition information on food labels? A qualitative analysis

Background: Nutrition information (NI) on food packaging offers a public health tool that could be used to promote informed consumer choice and aid consumption of a healthy diet. Research indicates…

Figuring out food labels. Young adults’ understanding of nutritional information presented on food labels is inadequate

Management of healthy eating in everyday life among senior Europeans

Nordic adolescents’ school lunch patterns and their suggestions for making healthy choices at school easier

The science and spirituality of nutrition

Abstract Debates about the development of the science of nutrition have been limited to either ascetic views of the body in eighteenth-century Europe or to scientific ideas about physiological…

The ‘Green Keyhole’ revisited: Nutritional knowledge may influence food selection

Both males and females with knowledge of the Green Keyhole symbol seem to have adopted its low-fat message, however, in certain sub-groups, particularly the less educated, the message of the symbol appears to have no association with dietary practices.