BACKGROUND Phthalates have been found in many personal care and industrial products, but have not previously been reported in food purchased in the United States. Phthalates are ubiquitous synthetic compounds and therefore difficult to measure in foods containing trace levels. Phthalates have been associated with endocrine disruption and developmental alteration. OBJECTIVES Our goals were to ...

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BACKGROUND Consumers spend less time and more money on home-prepared foods opting for convenience products such as pre-cooked entrees (Dumagan and Hackett, 1995). However, they demand acceptable color and flavor, whether the product is ready-tocook or ready-to-eat. Color and appearance of fresh meat are major factors in consumer purchase decisions because they are presumed to be indicators of m...

L. (2007). The development of a healthy eating indicator shopping basket tool (HEISB) for use in food access studies—identification of key food items. This literature review of UK designations of "healthy food" in Scotland helps create objective criteria of "healthy food." The healthy eating indicator shopping basket (HEISB) was created through the review of surveys done throughout the UK. HEIS...

This study explored the differences between 35 child-focused and 52 adult-focused food advertisements sampled from 45 hrs of British television. More child-focused advertisements contained claims of health benefits; scientific information; were shot in 'Leisure' settings; with male characters; had cartoons; and were often fantasy-based. Conversely, significantly more adult-focused advertisement...

BACKGROUND Food processing alters food from its natural state for safety, convenience, taste or palatability. Previous research suggests that industrially processed foods, and diets high in these products, tend to be less healthful. However, most previous work is based on household, rather than individual-level, data. Little has been reported on the relationship between processed food consumpti...

Background: Nutritional habits and its determinants, especially in children and adolescents have recently turned into the one of the major concerns of health researches. We examine the diet contribution inequality in according to socio-demographic factors, age, gender, physical activity and body image to alleviate this gap in Iranian children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: Study sampl...

OBJECTIVE To assess food supply adequacy within 3 food store types in the Lower Mississippi Delta. DESIGN Regional food store survey to determine availability and quality of 102 food items in 62 supermarkets, 77 small/medium stores, and 86 convenience stores. SETTING Lower Mississippi Delta region of the United States. PARTICIPANTS 225 food stores in 18 counties. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES P...

The article discusses the e ect of context on customer engagement and presents propensity to engage as an attitudinal antecedent of loyalty behaviors. We argue that customers may hold di erent propensity to engage depending on the speci!c service context, which in turnwill in"uencemore or less favorable behaviors. Data were collected through a convenience sample of 516 consumers in two settings...