The use of nutrition label on food purchasing decision among university students in Kuantan, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Hazali, Norazlanshah, I, Muhammad, MD, Hasmira, M, Mashita, MR, Norfazilah, MF, Fazlyla Nadya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2013
• Subjects: TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/34178/1/PUBLISHED_JOURNAL.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/34178/; http://www.hej.kk.usm.my/volume4no1.php

Nutrition label provides nutrition status of the pre-packaged foods and is very useful for people when making decision for healthy foods. However, there is a lack of awareness among Malaysians regarding the use of nutrition label when purchasing foods. Hence, a cross sectional study among tertiar...