Research Article

A study of the relationship between health awareness, lifestyle behaviour and food label usage in Gauteng

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 25 , issue 1 , 2012 , pages: 15–21

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2012.11734397

Author(s): El Kempen Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, , H. Muller Research Directorate, , E. Symington Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, , T. Van Eeden Department of Life and Consumer Sciences,

Keywords: health awareness , lifestyle , food labels , South Africa , consumers

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Abstract

Background: The objectives of the study were to determine whether consumers who read food labels, were also more aware of health and lifestyle issues, in terms of nutrition and other health-related lifestyle behaviours, and whether there was a relationship between food-label reading, health awareness and lifestyle behaviour. A quantitative descriptive (survey) design was selected to investigate the relationship between food-label reading on the one hand, and health awareness and lifestyle behavior on the other.

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