1. Nutrition considerations in food selection
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Stanley M. Fletcher, Kay H. McWatters, and Arbindra Rimal
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Meal ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Public health ,digestive, oral, and skin physiology ,Planner ,Telephone survey ,Healthy food ,Environmental health ,Economics ,medicine ,Household income ,Business and International Management ,Marketing ,Location ,computer ,Selection (genetic algorithm) ,Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety ,Food Science ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
The importance of nutrition consideration to households in food selection is instrumental in the development of information programs to promote public health and to market healthy food. Using a national telephone survey of 2880 U.S. households, this study examines the role and influence of socio-economic characteristics and lifestyle on a household meal planner’s consideration of four dietary components in food selection. Household income, children in households, geographic location, and gender, age, education, and lifestyle of meal planners affected the consideration of dietary components in food selection. The results provide a basis for developing education programs that focus on the particular dietary consideration of identified demographic subgroups.
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- 2000
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