Experimental approach to measuring functional food consumption for risk factor surveillance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15090847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sigrid Beer-Borst (0000-0002-0997-6101, University Hospital of Geneva, corresponding author), Michael C Costanza (University Hospital of Geneva), Alfredo Morabia (0000-0002-1902-0285, Queens College, CUNY) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-35 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Health Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980008001882 |
| PMID | 18325136 |
| OpenAlex | W2141368439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Objective To develop and integrate the assessment of functional foods (FuF; manufactured foods with altered composition carrying a health claim) consumption into an existing risk factor surveillance system. Design FuF market research followed by an experimental FuF intake study incorporated into an ongoing community-based survey. Concurrent completion of a self-administered semi-quantitative FFQ and a self-administered, qualitative FuF frequency questionnaire (FuFFQ) followed by a face-to-face control step using FuF photographs and combined food group-based data analyses. Setting ‘Bus Santé’ risk factor surveillance programme, Geneva/Switzerland. Subjects Population-based random sample of 639 residents (52 % women, aged 35–74 years) surveyed from September 2003 to April 2004. Results Local Geneva/French neighbourhood market research identified 148 FuF in five major FuF food groups which were compiled into a functional ingredient database. Prior to the face-to-face verification, 210 (33 %) individuals categorized themselves as FuF consumers, 429 (67 %) as non-consumers. The control step revealed that 70 % of the 639 participants were already familiar with the FuF concept, and thus were correctly self-categorized as FuF consumers or non-consumers. For the remaining 30 % of participants the true FuF consumption status was established, resulting in a final number of 285 FuF consumers (45 %; 12 % net increase) and 354 (55 %) non-consumers. Conclusions The developed self-administered, brief, qualitative food group-based FuF frequency check list in combination with an FFQ and a photo-assisted control step provides a flexible assessment tool for measuring FuF consumption in the context of a specific fluctuating FuF market and may be applicable to other population settings and times
Business · Consumption (sociology · Context (archaeology · Environmental health · Food frequency questionnaire · Geography · Population · Qualitative research · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology · Marketing
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
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| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |