scholarly journals The impact of front-of-pack nutrition labels on consumer product evaluation and choice: an experimental study

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 2126-2134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P Hamlin ◽  
Lisa S McNeill ◽  
Vanessa Moore
Keyword(s):  
Independent Living ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Latin Square ◽  
Product Evaluation ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Consumer Evaluations ◽  
Nutrition Labels ◽  
Nutritional Label ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

AbstractObjectiveThe present research was an experimental test that aimed to quantify the impact of two dominant front-of-pack (FOP) nutritional label formats on consumer evaluations of food products that carried them. The two FOP label types tested were the traffic light label and the Percentage Daily Intake.DesignA 4×5 partially replicated Latin square design was used that allowed the impact of the FOP labels to be isolated from the effects of the product and the consumers who were performing the evaluations.SettingThe experiment was conducted on campus at the University of Otago, New Zealand.SubjectsThe participants were 250 university students selected at random who met qualifying criteria of independent living and regular purchase of the products used in the research. They were not aware of the purpose of the research.ResultsThe presence of FOP labels led to significant and positive changes in consumer purchase intentions towards the products that carried them. These changes were not affected by the nature of FOP labels used, their size or the product nutritional status (good/bad) that they were reporting.ConclusionsThe result is consistent with the participants paying attention to the FOP label and then using it as an adimensional cue indicating product desirability. As such, it represents a complete functional failure of both of these FOP label types in this specific instance. This result supports calls for further research on the performance of these FOP labels before any move to compulsory deployment is made.

scholarly journals COGNITIVE STRATEGIES IN STUDENT TEAM PROJECTS

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Jensen ◽  
Brent Fukuda ◽  
Philip Daum
Keyword(s):  
Digital Circuits ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Virtual Laboratory ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Digital Controllers ◽  
Electric Circuits ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This paper illustrates the learning benefits and the collective efficacy of student project teams in engineering design education. We describe the impact of learning for a fourth year design project on student lifetime knowledge at both ends: project builders (fourth year students enrolled in the three programs of Electrical, Computer and Software engineering of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Calgary) and product users- all students taking electric circuits laboratories (for our programs or from the Faculty of Engineering-common core). Much understanding about learning and cognition has been achieved during the cognitive analysis of the course outcomes for the first course on digital circuits offered in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Calgary. As a result, we present cognitive strategies and their use in the introduction of simple digital circuits (flip-flops) and the design of a traffic light controller. We have developed a virtual laboratory with digital circuits and instrumentation components is a first attempt to motivate students to do the pre-lab exercises for digital and electric circuits and reuse them to refresh their training in using the appropriate functions of the buttons and devices needed for any electronic data generation and acquisition. The components of this educational environment have been created based on the criteria of professionalism stated by the guidelines of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geophysicists and Geologists of Alberta (APEGGA) and the University of Calgary learning plan. Over the past four years, six student teams have undertaken and successfully accomplished design projects which produced the main components of the departmental virtual laboratory: real-time control of electronic instruments and of a traffic light, traffic signal simulation with a digitized voice synthesis tool and operational simulation of simple finite state machines. The educational site integrates exercises with progressive degree of difficulty, from simple gates to digital controllers. The students are invited to take a virtual visit of the laboratory rooms in which they will perform course required experiments in order to easier locate the devices to be used as well as operate them appropriately. For project completion, the teams have been trained to adopt a framework for implementing a hierarchical model of learning as the basis for developing skills and methods.

scholarly journals Nutrition labels: a survey of use, understanding and preferences among ethnically diverse shoppers in New Zealand

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1359-1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delvina Gorton ◽  
Cliona Ni Mhurchu ◽  
Mei-hua Chen ◽  
Robyn Dixon
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Nutrition Label ◽  
Nutrition Labels ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Income Disparities ◽  
Income Groups

AbstractObjectiveEffective nutrition labels are part of a supportive environment that encourages healthier food choices. The present study examined the use, understanding and preferences regarding nutrition labels among ethnically diverse shoppers in New Zealand.Design and settingA survey was carried out at twenty-five supermarkets in Auckland, New Zealand, between February and April 2007. Recruitment was stratified by ethnicity. Questions assessed nutrition label use, understanding of the mandatory Nutrition Information Panel (NIP), and preference for and understanding of four nutrition label formats: multiple traffic light (MTL), simple traffic light (STL), NIP and percentage of daily intake (%DI).SubjectsIn total 1525 shoppers completed the survey: 401 Maori, 347 Pacific, 372 Asian and 395 New Zealand European and Other ethnicities (ten did not state ethnicity).ResultsReported use of nutrition labels (always, regularly, sometimes) ranged from 66 % to 87 % by ethnicity. There was little difference in ability to obtain information from the NIP according to ethnicity or income. However, there were marked ethnic differences in ability to use the NIP to determine if a food was healthy, with lesser differences by income. Of the four label formats tested, STL and MTL labels were best understood across all ethnic and income groups, and MTL labels were most frequently preferred.ConclusionsThere are clear ethnic and income disparities in ability to use the current mandatory food labels in New Zealand (NIP) to determine if foods are healthy. Conversely, MTL and STL label formats demonstrated high levels of understanding and acceptance across ethnic and income groups.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Australasian ‘Health Star Rating’, Front-of-Pack Nutritional Label, on Consumer Choice: A Longitudinal Study

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hamlin ◽  
Lisa McNeill
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Nutrition Labels ◽  
Star Rating ◽  
Nutritional Label ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Retail Food

Front-of-pack (FoP) nutrition labels are a widely deployed tool in public good marketing. This article reports on a field experimental test of the impact of one of these systems, the Australasian Health Star Rating system (HSR), on consumer choice in the breakfast cereals category in New Zealand. This study forms part of a time-series replication stream of research on this topic. The research applied a 2 × 2 factorial design with multiple replications to retail food consumers exiting from supermarkets in New Zealand. The first part of the time series, undertaken shortly after the HSR’s initiation in 2014, indicated that the HSR was ineffective. Between 2014 and 2016, commercial brands in the category within New Zealand massively promoted the HSR as a basis for consumer choice. The research presented in this article forms part of the second part of the series, undertaken in 2016, using an identical experimental methodology to the 2014 study. The results indicate that the HSR may be beginning to influence consumer choice as it was predicted to, but the impact of the system is still small, and statistically sub-significant, relative to other consumer decision inputs presented on the package.

scholarly journals Adolescents’ ability to select healthy food using two different front-of-pack food labels: a cross-over study

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1403-1409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Babio ◽  
Paloma Vicent ◽  
Leonor López ◽  
Anna Benito ◽  
Julio Basulto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Total Energy ◽  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Dietary Recommendations ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Nutrition Labels ◽  
Nutritional Recommendations ◽  
Nutritional Label ◽  
Carry Over

AbstractObjectiveTo compare, in adolescents, two models of front-of-pack Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) labels in terms of (i) friendliness and acceptance and (ii) the ability to choose a diet that closely follows the nutritional recommendations.DesignA randomized cross-over study was designed to compare two simplified front-of-pack GDA nutrition labels.SettingA Spanish secondary school.SubjectsEighty-one healthy adolescents aged between 14 and 16 years were recruited. Participants were randomly exposed to two experimental non-real food-choice conditions using multiple-traffic-light or monochrome nutritional labels. Participants had to choose options from a closed menu for 5 d on the basis of the experimental front-of-pack labelling. For each meal, three food options with different nutritional compositions were given to the participants. The contents of total energy and fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt of the chosen options were calculated.ResultsThere were no significant differences in baseline sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics between participants regardless of the experimental condition in which they started. There were no carry-over effects between the experimental sequences. It was observed that when participants used the multiple-traffic-light GDA system they chose significantly less total energy (mean –123·1 (sd 211·0) kJ (−29·4 (sd 50·4) kcal), P < 0·001), sugar (−4·5 (sd 4·6) g, P < 0·001), fat (−2·1 (sd 4·5) g, P = 0·006), saturated fat (−1·0 (sd 1·9) g, P = 0·002) and salt (−0·4 (sd 0·5) g, P < 0·001) than when they used the monochrome GDA system.ConclusionsCompared with the monochrome GDA front-of-pack nutritional label, the multiple-traffic-light system helped adolescents to differentiate between healthier and less healthy food, theoretically making it possible for them to choose a diet closer to dietary recommendations.

scholarly journals The Impact of Front-of-Package Traffic Light (Foptl) in the Senior High School Students’ Nutrition Labels Comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 918-926
Author(s):  
Retno D., Fatmah
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
School Students ◽  
Nutrition Label ◽  
Nutrition Labels ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

The study aimed to evaluate the impact of Front-of-Package Traffic Light (FoPTL) nutrition label on female teenagers’ comprehension of nutritional values. A quasi-experimental design employing the purposive sampling method. The intervention group was given FoPTL nutrition label while the control group was given nutrition facts labels within 3 weeks. Twenty-one subjects in a control group and twenty subjects in an intervention group. Both groups taken from the two selected senior high schools at East Jakarta. Our findings confirm the significant difference in the nutrition labels comprehension between the intervention group and control group (p < 0.05), with the intervention group having higher scores (39.17 points) than the control group (20.63 points). It can be concluded that FoPTL can improve the nutrition labels comprehension. To mitigate the low comprehension of nutrition labels, schools are encouraged to cooperate with related partners on educating students about nutrition labels. Future studies may wish to consider examining the issue using male teenagers as the research subjects. To that degree, research on both the reading behavior of FoPTL label and the purchasing behavior of packaged food products should be performed.

The Impact of a Potential Public/Private Initiative on a Defined Region of the South Suburban Chicago Metropolitan Area

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-32
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Market Area ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The university is considered one of the engines of growth in a local economy or its market area, since its direct contributions consist of 1) employment of faculty and staff, 2) services to students, and supply chain links vendors, all of which define the University’s Market area. Indirect contributions consist of those agents associated with the university in terms of community and civic events. Each of these activities represent economic benefits to their host communities and can be classified as the economic impact a university has on its local economy and whose spatial market area includes each of the above agents. In addition are the critical links to the University, which can be considered part of its Demand and Supply chain. This paper contributes to the field of Public/Private Impact Analysis, which is used to substantiate the social and economic benefits of cooperating for economic resources. We use Census data on Output of Goods and Services, Labor Income on Salaries, Wages and Benefits, Indirect State and Local Taxes, Property Tax Revenue, Population, and Inter-Industry to measure economic impact (Implan, 2016).

Working at the Crossroads: A Guide for Border Crossing

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mckiernan-González
Keyword(s):  
American Studies ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Keynote Address ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Academic Labor ◽  
Boyle Heights ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This article discusses the impact of George J. Sánchez’s keynote address “Working at the Crossroads” in making collaborative cross-border projects more academically legitimate in American studies and associated disciplines. The keynote and his ongoing administrative labor model the power of public collaborative work to shift research narratives. “Working at the Crossroads” demonstrated how historians can be involved—as historians—in a variety of social movements, and pointed to the ways these interactions can, and maybe should, shape research trajectories. It provided a key blueprint and key examples for doing historically informed Latina/o studies scholarship with people working outside the university. Judging by the success of Sánchez’s work with Boyle Heights and East LA, projects need to establish multiple entry points, reward participants at all levels, and connect people across generations.I then discuss how I sought to emulate George Sánchez’s proposals in my own work through partnering with labor organizations, developing biographical public art projects with students, and archiving social and cultural histories. His keynote address made a back-and-forth movement between home communities and academic labor seem easy and professionally rewarding as well as politically necessary, especially in public universities. 

Factors Influencing Academic Stress on Students of University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nham Phong Tuan ◽  
Nguyen Ngoc Quy ◽  
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen ◽  
Hong Tra My ◽  
Tran Nhu Phu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Stress ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
National University ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of seven factors causing academic stress on students of University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University: Lack of leisure time, Academic performance, Fear of failure, Academic overload, Finances, Competition between students, Relationships with university faculty. Based on the results of a practical survey of 185 students who are attending any courses at the University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University, the study assesses the impact of stress factors on students. The thesis focuses on clarifying the concept of "stress" and the stress level of students, while pointing out its negative effects on students. This study includes two cross-sectional questionnaire surveys. The first survey uses a set of 16 questions to assess students’ perceptions and attitudes based on an instrument to measure academic stress - Educational Stress Scale for Adolescents (ESSA). The second survey aims to test internal consistency, the robustness of the previously established 7-factor structure. Henceforth, the model was brought back and used qualitatively, combined with Cronbach’s Alpha measurement test and EFA discovery factor analysis. This study was conducted from October 2019 to December 2019. From these practical analyzes, several proposals were made for the society, the school and the students themselves.

Impact Of Transformational Leadership On Motivating Faculty Members

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (11) ◽  
pp. 303-312
Author(s):  
Jamal Asad Mezel ◽  
Adnan Fadhil Khaleel ◽  
Kiran Das Naik Eslavath
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Traditional Form ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
University Leaders ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This empirical study show that the impact of all styles was well moderate. The means of effect of all styles were less than 3 out of 5. It means the expected impact of transformational affect upon the all dimensions of the activities, are not expected due to the traditional styles of leadership and the lack of information about the transformational leadership styles which can guide leaders to use such styles in the organization which may be this results due to lack of trained leaders and necessary knowledge with the leaders in all universities about transformational styles the traditional form of the leadership styles which used by the university leaders affect the communication between all levels of the administration and the faculty members which has consequence because decrease in motivation and a self-consideration from the administration.

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