Socio-demographic and attitudinal determinants of nutrition knowledge of food shoppers in six European countries
Socio-demographic and attitudinal determinants of nutrition knowledge of food shoppers in six European countries
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DOI：
10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.04.007
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
5.3
通讯作者：
Bonsmann, Stefan Storcksdieck Genannt
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作者：
Grunert, Klaus G.;Wills, Josephine;Bonsmann, Stefan Storcksdieck Genannt
营养知识是在选择食物时处理营养相关信息的先决条件。深入了解营养知识的决定因素是很重要的设计措施，旨在提高营养知识水平和食品工业试图定位食品的基础上，他们的营养特性。在英国、瑞典、法国、德国、波兰和匈牙利招募的购物者（总人数= 5967）填写了一份调查问卷，测量他们在饮食建议、营养素来源和食品和饮料产品卡路里含量方面的营养知识。知识水平的差异与国家、社会人口特征、对健康饮食的态度以及使用不同来源的营养知识有关。结果表明，营养知识是多维度的，尤其是热量的知识与其他知识无关。对健康饮食的态度和对不同信息来源的利用与营养知识水平呈弱相关但显著相关。社会人口特征的直接影响更强，国家间差异明显，英国得分最高，这表明零售商和制造商采取的健康政策和营养相关举措的历史，以及文化差异，是影响人们获得食品和健康知识的主要因素。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Nutrition knowledge is a prerequisite for processing nutrition-related information when making food choices. Insight into determinants of nutrition knowledge is important both for designing measures aimed at increasing levels of nutrition knowledge and for food industry attempting to position food products based on their nutritional properties. Shoppers recruited in the UK, Sweden, France, Germany, Poland and Hungary (total n = 5967) filled out a questionnaire measuring their nutrition knowledge with regard to dietary recommendations, sources of nutrients, and calorie content of food and drink products. Differences in the level of knowledge found were related to country, socio-demographic characteristics, attitude to healthy eating, and use of different sources of nutrition knowledge. Results showed that nutrition knowledge is multi-dimensional, with especially knowledge on calorie content being unrelated to the rest. Attitude to healthy eating and use of different information sources were weakly but significantly related to level of nutrition knowledge. Direct effects of socio-demographic characteristics were stronger, and inter-country differences were pronounced, with highest scores for the UK, suggesting that the history of health policies and nutrition-related initiatives taken by retailers and manufacturers, together with cultural differences, are a major factor affecting how people acquire knowledge about food and health. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.