Sodium and nutrition labelling: a qualitative study exploring New Zealand consumers’ food purchasing behaviours

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 1138 - 1146
• Main Authors: McLean, Rachael, Hoek, Janet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Adult; adults; Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; Biological and medical sciences; Blood pressure; chronic diseases; Diet; education; Environment. Living conditions; Female; Food; Food Labeling; food purchasing; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health promotion; Humans; interviews; Interviews as Topic; Male; Marketing and Communication; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; New Zealand; nutrition labeling; Public health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; purchasing; Qualitative Research; Sodium; Sodium - administration & dosage; Sodium Chloride, Dietary - administration & dosage; New Zealand; Oceania; New Zealand; Food labelling; Sodium; Qualitative; Consumer behaviour; Feeding behavior; Consumer; Nutrition; Purchases; Food; Feeding

Dietary sodium reduction is an important public health intervention that would reduce blood pressure and chronic disease. An understanding of how New Zealand consumers' food purchasing behaviour is influenced by perceptions of dietary sodium will inform future sodium-reduction strategies. The p...