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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Enviro Research Publishers</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal</journalTitle>
          <issn>2347-467X</issn>
              <eissn>2322-0007</eissn>
        <publicationDate>2021-08-27</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>9</volume>
        <issue>2</issue>

 
    <startPage>597</startPage>
    <endPage>605</endPage>

 	 
      <doi>10.12944/CRNFSJ.9.2.23</doi>
        <publisherRecordId>12828</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">The Effect of Saudi Consumers’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Saudi Food and Drugs Authority’ Food Policies on Body Mass Index</title>

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      <author>
       <name>Suzan H. Tami</name>

 
		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
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      <author>
       <name>Mohammed Al-Mahish</name>


		
	<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>

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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.</affiliationName>
    

		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Department of Agribusiness and Consumer Science, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.</affiliationName>
    
		
		
		
		
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    <abstract language="eng"><p>This paper aimed to examine the effect of Saudi consumers’ awareness and attitude towards Saudi Food and Drugs Authority’s (SFDA) food policies on their average Body Mass Index (BMI), and whether consumers’ socio-economic variables impacted their BMI. In this cross-sectional study, 584 Saudi adults completed an electronic questionnaire. The results of a two-sample t-test showed that there was a significant difference in the mean of BMI among consumers who followed SFDA news and regulations and those who did not. Also, the findings revealed that the BMI mean of consumers who cooperated with SFDA by reporting food safety violations was significantly different compared to consumers who did not cooperate with SFDA. The results of the binary logit model indicated that several socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, income) impacted consumers’ BMI. The findings of this study may assist nutrition educators and policy makers to plan programs to improve health-related behaviors.</p>
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    <fullTextUrl format="html">https://www.foodandnutritionjournal.org/volume9number2/the-effect-of-saudi-consumers-awareness-and-attitude-towards-saudi-food-and-drugs-authority-food-policies-on-body-mass-index/</fullTextUrl>



      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword>BMI</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> Consumers</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> Food Policy</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> Obesity Prevention</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> Public Awareness</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> Public Support</keyword>
      </keywords>

      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword> SFDA
</keyword>
      </keywords>

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