A cross-sectional survey of nutrition labelling use and its associated factors on parents of school students in Shanghai, China

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 1418 - 1425
• Main Authors: Ma, Jianhong, Zhu, Zhenxin, Chen, Xiao, Guo, Yan, Zhang, Huansheng, Zhang, Yuyan, Zang, Jiajie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Child; Children; China; China - epidemiology; Chronic illnesses; College students; Consumers; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographics; Descriptive labeling; Design factors; Diet; Disease control; Disease prevention; Education; educational status; Families & family life; Female; Food; Food Labeling - statistics & numerical data; Food Packaging - statistics & numerical data; Food selection; foods; Gender; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; HOT TOPIC: Nutrition labeling; Humans; Knowledge; Labeling; Labels; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition; nutrition labeling; Nutrition research; Nutritive Value; Obesity; Parents; Parents & parenting; Parents - psychology; questionnaires; Research Papers; Sample size; Schools; Shopping; Snack foods; snacks; Socioeconomic Factors; Students; Studies; surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Systematic review; Teenagers; Weight control; China; Shanghai China; Nutrition labelling; Food labelling; Food packaging; Cross-sectional survey

To understand parents' knowledge and use of nutrition labelling and to explore its associated factors. Cross-sectional survey. Two schools providing a nine-year educational programme in Putuo District, Shanghai, China, were selected for the study. Information was included on demographic data an...