The facilitating influence of consumer knowledge on the effectiveness of daily value reference information |
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Authors: | Fuan Li Paul W Miniard Michael J Barone |
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Institution: | (1) Mercyhurst College, Erie, USA;(2) Florida International University, Forida, USA;(3) Iowa State University, Iowa, USA |
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Abstract: | As a means of enhancing consumer understanding of nutritional information, the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990
requires the provision of percentage daily values (%DVs) on food labels. Findings from existing research, however, vary in
their support for the assumption that including %DVs will assist consumers in their efforts to comprehend nutritional information.
To shed further light on this issue, the present study examines the moderating role of consumer knowledge about how to use
%DVs in evaluating a product’s healthiness. The results indicate that the usefulness of providing %DVs on a nutritional label
depends strongly on this form of knowledge. Implications for public policy and directions for future research efforts are
presented.
Fuan Li (Ph.D., Florida International University) is an assistant professor of marketing in the Walker School of Business at Mercyhurst
College (Erie, Pennsylvania). He has been a faculty member at East China Normal University (Shanghai, China) and St. Olaf
College (Northfield, Minnesota). His current research interests include consumer choice, consumer responses to trust advertising
appeals, and relationship marketing. His work has been published both in English and in Chinese.
Paul W. Miniard (Ph.D., University of Florida) is the BMI professor of marketing and the Ph.D. program director in the College of Business
Administration at Florida International University (Miami, Florida). His research focuses on consumer behavior and advertising
and has been published in a number of business and psychology journals. He is also a coauthor of a consumer behavior textbook.
Michael J. Barone (Ph.D., University of South Carolina) is an associate professor of marketing in the College of Business Administration at
Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa). His research, which primarily involves consumer responses to advertising and consumer
choice, has been published in theJournal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, Marketing Letters, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science,
Journal of Advertising, Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Business Research, andJournal of Public Policy & Marketing, as well as in various conference proceedings. |
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