Reading Food Labels Among Primary Care Users, 1,246 Survey Responses

1,246 respondents participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire study on reading food labels. The study, authored by Ivana Loraine Lindemann, reports a 70.9% prevalence of label reading and identifies associated factors like sex, age, education, and health status. The most consulted information was the expiration date (73.8%) and nutritional value (18%).

Use Cases

• Predicting label-reading behavior based on demographic and socioeconomic factors mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the relationship between chronic disease diagnosis and health information access as described in the study
• Modeling the association between physical activity practice and nutritional label consultation as reported in the results

Strengths

• Includes data from 1,246 survey respondents, providing a substantive sample size
• Reports specific prevalence rates (70.9% for label reading) and consultation percentages (73.8% for expiration date)
• Analyzes association with multiple variable groups including demographics, health status, and lifestyle habits

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Ivana Loraine Lindemann

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study with data collected by questionnaire