Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Consumer"
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Adult consumers' understanding and use of information on food labels : a study among consumers living in the Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp region
(North-West University, 2010)A need exists to assist South Africans to make better informed food choices. The food label has the potential to assist consumers during food purchasing; however, consumers should be able to understand and use the information ... -
Avocados: consumer beliefs and effect on weight loss and markers of cardiovascular health
(North-West University, 2003)Motivation - The objective of the South African Avocado Growers Association (SAAGA) is to increase the demand of avocados by advertising, promoting and other means deemed fit by them. In order to promote and advertise a ... -
Beliefs and practices related to label reading and its implications for functional foods in South Africa
(North-West University, 2004)Motivation - There is international agreement and recognition that the health status of the worlds' population is a cause for concern and that one of the key risk factors for many of the diseases that are increasing at an ... -
Consumers' subjective and objective knowledge of genetically modified food in a South African context
(North-West University, 2018)Genetically modified (GM) crops were developed as a solution to ensure sustainable food production for an ever-increasing world population, especially in developing countries. As such, products such as GM foods are now ... -
Exploring the relationship between selected internal consumer behaviour variables and the emotional response to the sensory properties of chocolate
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Sensory properties of food products are assumed to influence emotional product conceptualisations. However, this link requires further research, and consumer behaviour variables are generally not considered in emotional ... -
Food label knowledge : a comparison between a developing and developed country context
(2014)The aim of this study was to determine and compare the subjective and objective food label knowledge of consumers from Potchefstroom (South Africa) and Fayetteville (Arkansas, USA), therefore in a developing and developed ... -
Functionally low-literate consumers' use of food labels in the rural area of Valspan in the Northern Cape of South Africa
(2014)Functionally low-literate consumers may often struggle to complete everyday adult tasks, such as reading food labels. Food labels are an important source of information for consumers, and assist them to make informed and ...