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Investigation of the effect of consumer age on food label reading habitsBesin etiketi okuma aliskanliklarina tüketici yasinin etkisinin arastirilmasi

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At this research, age effects on label reading habits are investigated, which was, conducted with 406 consumers elected from the Suleymanpasa district in Tekirdag province at 2015. Participants are between the ages of 30 and 39 have the highest ratio, who indicate that label reading is very important, they read labels for health, they learn interpreting a label from television, doctor or dietitian, also participants specify that written and figured statements are understood easily, and participants who never trust label information. Participants are over 50 years old always understand label of food who are minority. While 61.8% of participants, indicate that oil is unhealthy, 26.8% of participants indicate oil is healthy. 77.8% of participants specify that cholesterol is unhealthy. Also, 89.9% of participants indicate vitamin, 90.4% of participants indicate Fe, and 89.4% of participants specify Ca is healthy. The ratio of participants who give always importance to protein, increases with increasing age. At this survey, the ratio of participants who always read the label on chocolate, candy is 42.1%,on bakery products is 39.2%, on milk and milk products is 61.1%,on canned food is 49.0%, on meat and meat products is 67.5%, on non-alcoholic drinks is 40.6%, on alcoholic drinks is 19.7%, and on frozen food is 49.0%. With increasing age, participants indicate reading label takes time more than adequate. Consequently, labels should be regulated, and consumers should be raised the awareness for reading labels easily. ÖzetBu çalismada yasin, etiket okuma aliskanliklari üzerine etkisi arastirilmis;  çalismanin ana materyalini 2015 yilinda Tekirdag Ili Merkez Ilçede seçilmis 406 tüketici ile yapilan anketten saglanan veriler olusturmustur. 30-39 yas grubu, etiket okuma çok önemli cevabi verenler, saglik için etiket okuyanlar, etiket yorumlamayi televizyon, doktor ve diyetisyenden ögrenenler, yazili ve sekillerle ifadeleri en çok anlasilir bulanlar ve etiket bilgilerine hiç güvenmeyenler arasinda en fazla sayiya sahiptir. Besin etiketini her zaman anlayanlar arasinda yas araligi 50+ olanlar azinliktadir. Katilimcilarin %61,8’i yaglarin zararli oldugunu savunurken %26,8’i yararli oldugunu savunmaktadir. Katilimcilarin %77,8’i kolesterolün zararli oldugunu savunmustur. Yine bu çalismada tüketiciler %89,9’u vitaminlerin, %90,4’ü demirin, %89,4’ü kalsiyumun yararli oldugunu savunmaktadir Proteini her zaman önemseyenlerin orani yasla birlikte artmistir Bu çalismada daima etiket okuyan tüketicilerin orani çikolata sekerlemede %42,1, unlu mamüllerde %39,2,  süt ve ürünlerinde %61,1,  konserve ürünlerinde %49,0, et ve ürünlerinde %67,5, alkolsüz içecekler %40,6, alkolü içecekler %19,7 ve dondurulmus gidalarda %49’dur. Yas araligi arttikça besin etiketini okumak için geçirilecek zaman fazla gelmektedir. Etiketi okumanin kolaylastirilmasi için etiketlerde düzenleme yapilmali ve tüketici bilinçlendirilmelidir.

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