The Association Between Nutrition Information Use and the Healthfulness of Food Acquisitions

Eliana Zeballos ; Tobenna D. Anekwe

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: nutrition information;    healthful foods;    diet quality;    FoodAPS;    National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey;    HEI;    Healthy Eating Index;    Nutrition Information Use index;    FAFH;    food away from home;    FAH;    food at home;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-247

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

This study constructs a Nutrition Information Use (NIU) index to summarize consumers’ use of nutrition information and to test for a correlation between consumers’ NIU and their purchases of more healthful food. It then explores how this correlation compares for food at home and food away from home.