Nutrition Knowledge, Gender, and Food Label Use

Journal of Consumer Affairs - Tập 34 Số 1 - Trang 97-112 - 2000
Rodolfo M. Nayga1
1Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr. is Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station.

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This paper empirically explores the relationship between nutrition knowledge, gender, and food label use. The econometric approach treats both nutrition knowledge and label use as endogenous variables when estimating the model for food label use. The results suggest that nutrition knowledge does not have an effect on label use, confirming the weak link hypothesis between knowledge and behavior. Gender effect is mainly due to differences in nutrition knowledge levels.

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