Consumer testing of the acceptability and effectiveness of front-of-pack food labelling systems for the Australian grocery market

• Published in: Health promotion international Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 120 - 129
• Main Authors: Kelly, Bridget, Hughes, Clare, Chapman, Kathy, Louie, Jimmy Chun-Yu, Dixon, Helen, Crawford, Jennifer, King, Lesley, Daube, Mike, Slevin, Terry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.06.2009; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Australia; Body fat; Choice Behavior; consumer; Consumer Behavior; Consumer protection; Consumers; Female; Food industry; Food Labeling - methods; food labelling; Food Packaging; Healthy food; Humans; Labelling; Labels; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrients; Nutrition; Nutrition Policy; ORIGINAL PAPERS; Regulation; signposting; survey; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Traffic; Australia; signposting; survey; food labelling; consumer

The placement of nutrition information on the front of food packages has been proposed as a method of providing simplified and visible nutrition information. This study aimed to determine the most acceptable and effective front-of-pack food labelling system for Australian consumers. Consumers'...