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| Demographic factors, nutrition knowledge, and health-seeking behaviors influence nutrition label reading behaviors among older American adults | | Author(s) | Suzanne M Elbon, Mary Ann Johnson, Joan G Fischer |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 19, no 3, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 31-48 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Demography ; Health [elderly] ; Preventative medicine ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A telephone survey of a sample of 475 older Americans - 151 in their 60s, 183 in their 70s, and 141 in their 80s - aimed to examine use of food labels for identifying calorie, protein, cholesterol, saturated fat and calcium content of foods, and to identify factors associated with reading nutrition labels. Participants read labels for saturated fat and cholesterol more than for protein and calcium. Being female, high nutrition knowledge, and positive nutrition related health-seeking behaviours were most strongly and consistently associated with use of food labels. Label reading behaviour was lowest in those in their 80s, and may be related to poor vision or limitations of activities such as grocery shopping. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001016253 A |
| Classmark | CF: S8: CC: LK2: 3F: 7T |
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