摘要:The importance of nutrition consideration to households in food selection is instrumental in thedevelopment of information programs to promote public health and to market healthy food. Using anational telephone survey of 2880 U.S. households, this study examines the role and in.uence ofsocio-economic characteristics and lifestyle on a household meal planner's consideration of fourdietary components in food selection. Household income, children in households, geographic location,and gender, age, education, and lifestyle of meal planners affected the consideration of dietarycomponents in food selection. The results provide a basis for developing education programs thatfocus on the particular dietary consideration of identified demographic subgroups. . 2001 ElsevierScience Inc. All rights reserved.