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Objective: To what extent do Chinese and Zambian consumers understand and use Nutrition Fact Panel and to evaluate some influencing factors on the level of Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) use in making food choices.
Method: Data were collected from the Chinese (498) and Zambian (325) consumers drawn from the two cosmopolitan cities of Nanjing and Livi...
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... Figure 3.2 reflects the household distribution of the survey and it was shown that there were more respondents from families that constituted parents and children this was represented by 39.5% of the total number of participants in the study followed by 23.4% of respondents from households who live alone (like student). ...
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... as much as many participants were aware of the NFP, it was cardinal to have a picture of how many of those people who were aware or not aware of the NFP actually took time to read it. Thus, respondents' were asked if they read the NFP and the results are shown in figure 3.3. ...
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... female) respondents reported that they 'don't read' even though some may be aware of NFP on the packs of processed foods ( figure 3.4). These results generally showed a statistically significance difference on how often the respondents read NFP based on gender (p = 0.026). ...
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... the data collected from Zambia, it was found that a large age category was in the 31-45 age groups (55.7%) figure 3.12. The results further showed that the majority of the respondents were females (50.2%) compare to males (49.8%). ...
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... figure 3.13 reflects the household distribution of the survey and it was shown that there were more respondents from families that constituted mixed families with more than five persons, followed respondents from families with parent, children and dependents (some kind of extended families) then households who live parents and child. ...
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... respondents were asked to state how often they read the NFP; figure 3.15 shows the distribution of frequency in relation to gender. ...
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... was seen from the frequency distribution with a higher number from respondents who said they 'always' 94 (Vocation 48.5%) read, followed by 'sometimes' (PhD 100%), then 'usually' with 27 respondents (Bachelors 34.8%). Respondents who reviewed that they 'don't read' were mostly from the 'no education group' as tabulated in figure 3.17. ...
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... results reviewed that the relationship was not statistically significant (p>0.05). The Considering the frequency of reading of nutritional facts panel, the results ( figure 3.19) again showed a direct relationship with the consumers' income (p<0.001). The respondents from 4000-5999, 2000-3999 and below 2000 income groups read the nutritional facts panel significantly more frequently, with 31-49% reading labels "always." ...
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... there was no statistically significant relationship between household and the frequency of reading NFP for this result. said 'yes' to reading from those with a health condition, unlike their counterpart, those without a condition, 65.7% and 72.5% respectively (table 3.19). However, the difference was not statistically significance (p-value>0.05) on the influence of awareness or reading NFP. ...
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