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Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups
Our research explores the methods consumers would consider using in order to prevent non-communicable diseases, with consuming functional food products being one of these methods. Previous research has pointed out the importance of missing information such as which diseases worry consumers and what...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7019943/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31888009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12010069 |
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author | Plasek, Brigitta Lakner, Zoltán Kasza, Gyula Temesi, Ágoston |
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description | Our research explores the methods consumers would consider using in order to prevent non-communicable diseases, with consuming functional food products being one of these methods. Previous research has pointed out the importance of missing information such as which diseases worry consumers and what they would use to avoid them. We conducted a personal survey with 1027 people in Hungary about 13 diseases and four prevention methods. We analyzed the results with descriptive statistical methods, binary logistic regression, and random forest. According to our results, the highest proportion of worried respondents think it is justified to consume functional foods for the prevention of digestive problems, a weakened immune system, and high cholesterol level. Our results help to characterize the target group for these three diseases. Completed education plays a key role in choosing functional foods to prevent a weakened immune system. Those with tertiary education are the most likely to choose this prevention method. With the other two diseases, age played a crucial role. All age groups over 36 would be more likely to choose functional foods to prevent digestive problems, whereas in case of high cholesterol level, the 36–50 age group would be more likely to apply this method. |
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spelling | pubmed-70199432020-03-09 Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups Plasek, Brigitta Lakner, Zoltán Kasza, Gyula Temesi, Ágoston Nutrients Article Our research explores the methods consumers would consider using in order to prevent non-communicable diseases, with consuming functional food products being one of these methods. Previous research has pointed out the importance of missing information such as which diseases worry consumers and what they would use to avoid them. We conducted a personal survey with 1027 people in Hungary about 13 diseases and four prevention methods. We analyzed the results with descriptive statistical methods, binary logistic regression, and random forest. According to our results, the highest proportion of worried respondents think it is justified to consume functional foods for the prevention of digestive problems, a weakened immune system, and high cholesterol level. Our results help to characterize the target group for these three diseases. Completed education plays a key role in choosing functional foods to prevent a weakened immune system. Those with tertiary education are the most likely to choose this prevention method. With the other two diseases, age played a crucial role. All age groups over 36 would be more likely to choose functional foods to prevent digestive problems, whereas in case of high cholesterol level, the 36–50 age group would be more likely to apply this method. MDPI 2019-12-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7019943/ /pubmed/31888009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12010069 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Plasek, Brigitta Lakner, Zoltán Kasza, Gyula Temesi, Ágoston Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups |
title | Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups |
title_full | Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups |
title_fullStr | Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups |
title_full_unstemmed | Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups |
title_short | Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups |
title_sort | consumer evaluation of the role of functional food products in disease prevention and the characteristics of target groups |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7019943/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31888009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12010069 |
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