scholarly journals The UK food industry's views on front of pack nutrition labelling: a quantitative study

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (OCE4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Howlett ◽  
O. B. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Nutrition Labelling ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Online food nutrition labelling in the UK: how consistent are supermarkets in their presentation of nutrition labels online?

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 2175-2184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Stones
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Nutrition Information ◽  
Nutrition Label ◽  
Nutrition Labels ◽  
Nutrition Labelling ◽  
Search Result ◽  
Food Retailers ◽  
Food Nutrition ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Vertical Page

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate consistency levels of nutrition labelling on supermarket websites.DesignThis is a comparative, quantitative study examining page position, content and design of nutrition labels on own-brand and branded products. Online and in-store nutrition labels were examined, categorised and analysed to discern variety of label designs used and consistency between online and in-store labelling.SettingFive large online food retailers in the UK.SubjectsNutrition labels displayed on 100 webpages were examined for twenty branded and own-brand products. Equivalent labels on in-store packaged products were also examined.ResultsEight different combinations of nutrition label designs were found. The online supermarket sites were found to use from three to six of these label combinations across the sample. The consistency level between online and in-store package labels ranged from 25 % to 90 %. In many cases the nutrition label required scrolling to view and in all cases items could be purchased without the label being visible from the search result listings.ConclusionsThe main recommendation of the paper is that online nutrition labelling needs to be much more consistently presented than is currently practised, both within each website and between online and in-store experiences. Particular attention should be made to polychrome colour and the inclusion of summary graphics. Designers should also ensure visibility of the label and raise its vertical page position. The paper also proposes additional expansion of the use of nutrition information online, using nutrition values as database fields in search criteria and checkout aggregation reporting.

scholarly journals Online grocery shopping: promise and pitfalls for healthier food and beverage purchases

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (18) ◽  
pp. 3360-3376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie B Jilcott Pitts ◽  
Shu Wen Ng ◽  
Jonathan L Blitstein ◽  
Alison Gustafson ◽  
Mihai Niculescu
Keyword(s):  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Nutrition Labelling ◽  
Current State ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Environment Domain ◽  
Impulse Purchases ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Psychosocial Domain

AbstractObjectives(i) To determine the current state of online grocery shopping, including individuals’ motivations for shopping for groceries online and types of foods purchased; and (ii) to identify the potential promise and pitfalls that online grocery shopping may offer in relation to food and beverage purchases.DesignPubMed, ABI/INFORM and Google Scholar were searched to identify published research.SettingTo be included, studies must have been published between 2007 and 2017 in English, based in the USA or Europe (including the UK), and focused on: (i) motivations for online grocery shopping; (ii) the cognitive/psychosocial domain; and (iii) the community or neighbourhood food environment domain.SubjectsOur search yielded twenty-four relevant papers.ResultsFindings indicate that online grocery shopping can be a double-edged sword. While it has the potential to increase healthy choices via reduced unhealthy impulse purchases, nutrition labelling strategies, and as a method to overcome food access limitations among individuals with limited access to a brick-and-mortar store, it also has the potential to increase unhealthy choices due to reasons such as consumers’ hesitance to purchase fresh produce online.ConclusionsAdditional research is needed to determine the most effective ways to positively engage customers to use online grocery shopping to make healthier choices.

scholarly journals Zostać czy wracać? Metaforycznie o reemigracji Polaków po Brexicie

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-96
Author(s):  
Stanisław Fel ◽  
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Jarosław Kozak ◽  
Marek Wódka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Polish Migrants ◽  
Polish Culture ◽  
The Uk

Poles represent one of the largest groups of economic immigrants to the UK. As a result of Brexit, many of them have redefined their migration scenarios, which has affected the economy and some areas of social and cultural life in the UK. This paper presents the results of our original quantitative study conducted in the autumn of 2019 on a sample of 620 Polish respondents living in three locations in England – London, Oxford, and Swindon. The study addresses the question Do Polish migrants intend to return to Poland, and if they do, when? and examines to what extent this decision is influenced by the length of their stay in England, by their financial situation, by their knowledge of English, by their ability to assimilate culturally, by how much they miss their family, by homesickness, and by their craving for Polish culture. The article follows the typology of attitudes adopted by Poles towards Brexit, as identified by Agnieszka Trąbka and Paulina Pustułka.

Contextualising the Teaching of Statistics in Political Science

Politics ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Adeney ◽  
Sean Carey
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Advanced Student ◽  
Form Part ◽  
The Uk

The teaching of quantitative research methods is an integral part of most postgraduate programmes in politics, but less common at undergraduate level. This article explores the extent to which research methods in general, and quantitative research methods in particular, form part of the curricula of Politics departments in the UK. We then discuss an approach for motivating interest in a subject that tends to be unpopular with many students. We recommend an approach that utilises the links between the general quantification of politics with the quantitative study of political phenomena, as well as a combination of basic research methods for all and more advanced student-focused training for some.

scholarly journals Quasar clustering around the Sculptor region

1986 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 505-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kunth ◽  
W.L.W. Sargent
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulations ◽  
Autocorrelation Function ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Schmidt Telescope ◽  
Original Field ◽  
Objective Prism ◽  
Eye Examination ◽  
The Uk

The Sculptor Region has been searched for quasar candidates: three IIIa-J objective prism plates from the UK Schmidt-telescope centred around the NGC55 and NGC300 galaxies have been used. 76 quasars have been found doubling the number of quasars previously known in this field. A test using Monte-Carlo simulations to reshuffle redshifts of the quasar sample shows that a simple eye examination of the simulated distributions produces as many quasar pairs or associations than in the original field. A further preliminary quantitative study using the autocorrelation function shows that quasar clustering is absent on any scale from 10 to 3500 Mpc (Ho=100).

scholarly journals The origin of Guideline Daily Amounts and the Food Standards Agency's guidance on what counts as ‘a lot’ and ‘a little’

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Rayner ◽  
Peter Scarborough ◽  
Carol Williams
Keyword(s):  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Nutrition Labelling ◽  
Food Standards ◽  
Rules Of Thumb ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Uk

AbstractObjective:This paper provides the rationale for the Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) for fat, saturated fat and other nutrients that appear on food labels in the UK. These GDAs are provided voluntarily by manufacturers and retailers and were developed to help people make better use of nutrition labelling – the format of which is prescribed by the European Union's nutrition labelling directive. The paper also describes the basis to some Rules of Thumb for what counts as ‘a lot’ or ‘a little’ of fat, saturated fat and other nutrients, in an individual food.Design:The paper gives the background to, and purpose of, the GDAs and Rules of Thumb and explains how they were calculated. It briefly describes their subsequent usage by food producers and others.Results:Both GDAs and the Rules of Thumb first appeared in a leaflet developed by the authors and published in 1996 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. GDAs for fat, saturated fat and energy were adopted subsequently by the Institute of Grocery Distribution and then by many retailers and some manufacturers. The Rules of Thumb for fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium have recently been republished in some leaflets published by the Food Standards Agency in the UK.Conclusions:GDAs and Rules of Thumb may provide useful ways of helping consumers make sense of nutrition labelling. The current GDAs and the Rules of Thumb could usefully be updated in the light of recent developments.

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