An Effective One-Hour Consumer-Education Program on Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Toward Functional Foods

Authors

• Brenda Killackey-Jones, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Roseann Lyle, Purdue UniversityFollow
• William Evers, Purdue UniversityFollow
• Marlene Tappe, Purdue UniversityFollow

Volume

42

Issue

1

Abstract

An education intervention was designed by Purdue Extension to improve functional food knowledge of Indiana residents. A questionnaire was created to examine the ability of the intervention to change participants' knowledge, attitudes, and dietary behaviors regarding functional foods. A 31-slide PowerPoint presentation, accompanying script, and additional handouts were created for this intervention. In this sample, a 1-hour functional food intervention significantly improved consumers' knowledge regarding functional foods immediately after the intervention and 6 weeks later. Participants' consumption behaviors increased significantly at 6 weeks.

Recommended Citation

Killackey-Jones, B., Lyle, R., Evers, W., & Tappe, M. (2004). An Effective One-Hour Consumer-Education Program on Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Toward Functional Foods. Journal of Extension, 42(1), Article 41. https://doi.org/10.66752/1077-5315.9546