title: Report of an EU-US symposium on understanding nutrition-related consumer behavior: strategies to promote a lifetime of healthy food choices.
abstract: This report summarizes an EU-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research symposium on healthy food choices and nutrition-related purchasing behaviors. This meeting was unique in its transdisciplinary approach to obesity and in bringing together scientists from academia, government, and industry. Discussion relevant to funders and researchers centered on (1) increased use of public-private partnerships, (2) the complexity of food behaviors and obesity risk and multilevel aspects that must be considered, and (3) the importance of transatlantic cooperation and collaboration that could accelerate advances in this field. A call to action stressed these points along with a commitment to enhanced communication strategies.
authors: Division of Nutrition Research Coordination, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Electronic address: karl.friedl@nih.gov.
authors: Karl E
authors: KE
authors: Friedl
authors: SR Strategy, LLC, Washington, DC.
authors: Sylvia
authors: S
authors: Rowe
authors: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
authors: Laura L
authors: LL
authors: Bellows
authors: Department of Pediatrics and Children's Eating Laboratory, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
authors: Susan L
authors: SL
authors: Johnson
authors: Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
authors: Marion M
authors: MM
authors: Hetherington
authors: Unit F3 Agri-Food Chain, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Isabelle
authors: I
authors: de Froidmont-Görtz
authors: Unit F3 Agri-Food Chain, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Veerle
authors: V
authors: Lammens
authors: Division of Nutrition Research Coordination, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
authors: Van S
authors: VS
authors: Hubbard
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005062:European Union; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States
keywords: Obesity; eating practices; food behavior; purchasing behavior