Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling

Background This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional quality of plant-based beverages identified in selected national and local retail outlets in Türkiye using the updated Nutri-Score beverage algorithm. Methods This cross-sectional descriptive study analyzed 56 plant-based beverage products from 10 brands identifi…

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Food contamination may occur within the complete food chain, with domestic handling and inadequate storage often contributing to foodborne illness. Therefore, accurate food safety information on packaging, including date labels and storage instructions, is essential. However, cross-national comparisons of labelling pr…

Sağlıklı beslenme ve bu kavramın pazarlama ile ilişkisi, günümüz toplumlarında hem bireysel sağlık hem de toplumsal refah açısından giderek daha önemli hale gelmektedir. Sağlıklı yaşam biçimlerinin teşvik edilmesinde gıda pazarlaması, reklamcılık ve tüketici davranışları arasındaki bağlantı, araştırmacıların dikkatini…

Background. While food processing is integral to modern diets, supporting preservation, safety, and shelf-stability, ultra-processed foods (UPF) have been increasingly linked to low-quality, energy-dense diets, nutritional deficiencies, and chronic disease, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, c…

Objectives: Ultra-processed foods are associated with adverse health outcomes and may trigger addictive biological and behavioral responses. This review aims to examine the association between ultra-processed food consumption and food addiction symptoms and addictive eating behaviors.

This study aims to predict Turkish consumer preferences for smart tablets on e-commerce platforms, focusing on consumer behavior in a developing country context. Key product attributes—such as processor speed, screen size, internal storage capacity, display resolution, RAM, processor core count, and battery capacity—w…

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, beslenme ve obezite konularında yayınlanan uluslararası literatürü bütüncül bir perspektiften ele alarak, söz konusu alanın geçmişten günümüze kadar olan değişimini analiz etmektir. Bu doğrultuda, beslenme ve obezite ile ilgili yapılan çalışmalar, nicel bir yöntem olan bibliyometrik analiz t…

The increasing consumption of industrially processed foods and the resulting shift in dietary patterns have raised concerns about the potential health risks of food additives. These substances are widely used to extend shelf life, enhance sensory properties, and facilitate marketing. However, excessive intake, synergi…

The increasing consumption of industrially processed foods and the resulting shift in dietary patterns have raised concerns about the potential health risks of food additives. These substances are widely used to extend shelf life, enhance sensory properties, and facilitate marketing. However, excessive intake, synergi…

Yetersiz ve dengesiz beslenme, özellikle ev dışı besin tüketimin artışıyla birlikte ortaya çıkan obezite ve bulaşıcı olmayan hastalıkların yaygınlaşmasında önemli bir risk faktörüdür. Ev dışında tüketilen yiyecekler, evde hazırlananlara kıyasla daha yüksek enerji, doymuş yağ, şeker ve sodyum içeriğine sahiptir. Bu ned…

Background/Objectives: The objective evaluation of regional dietary intake remains a core challenge in personalized health management due to complex plate presentations and a lack of culturally specific dataset benchmarks. Methods: This study introduces a confidence-aware hybrid vision–language framework engineered fo…

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Accurate estimation of meal composition from food images can support safer and more reliable insulin bolus decision-making for individuals with Type 1 diabetes. Existing food recognition and nutrition estimation systems are often designed for general dietary logging and do not directly integrate…