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Consumers’ concerns about food and health in Australia and New Zealand
1Department of Public Health, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Introduction
Many consumers are interested in the relationships betweenfood and health (especially nutritional and safety aspects).1–7Frequently, their interest centres on the apparent threatsposed by foods and their reduction through food avoidanceand dietary modifications; for example, white sugar isavoided by many because it is perceived to be dangerous forhealth.8 Recently, Wandel emphasized the constancy of consumers’food safety concerns over time and across countries.9Consumers are often encouraged to reduce the threatsassociated with over- or under-consumption of some foodsby health and nutrition authorities in the form of ‘dietaryguidelines’.10 The notions of threat and threat reduction areimportant concepts in consumer decision-making behaviourthat have been debated in the human nutrition literature,although without firm conclusions.11–14 The design and readingof product labels appear to be influenced by this concept.
15To date, studies of health-related food concerns have
reflected the narrowly focused disciplinary or commercial
interests of the investigators. For example, there have been
studies of consumers’ interests in additives,16 pesticides,17,18
fattening and slimming foods,19 and aspects of cardiovascular
nutrition,20 to name a few. However, the broad
nature of consumers’ concerns, which encompass all of these
areas, as well as others, has largely been ignored.
A wider selection is required

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