Leisa Ridges
University of Wollongong
6 Papers
116 Citations
Leisa Ridges is an academic researcher from University of Wollongong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Omega 3 fatty acid & Polyunsaturated fatty acid. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Australian consumer attitudes to health claim – food product compatibility for functional foods
TL;DR: The authors investigated how appealing different health claims combined with particular food carriers were to Australian consumers, and compared the results of a similar study with Dutch consumers, finding that each variable was significantly related to intention to try.
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Cholesterol lowering benefits of soy and linseed enriched foods
Leisa Ridges,Rachel Sunderland,Katherine Moerman,Barbara J. Meyer,Lee B. Astheimer,Peter R. C. Howe +5 more
TL;DR: Regular inclusion of foods containing soy and linseed in the diet may improve plasma lipids in subjects with hypercholesterolaemia, and reductions in total and non-HDL cholesterol concentrations were associated with increases in urinary isoflavone excretion.
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Nutrition function, health and related claims on packaged Australian food products--prevalence and compliance with regulations.
Peter Williams,Heather Yeatman,Leisa Ridges,Annalie Houston,Jillianan Rafferty,Anna Ridges,Leisa Roesler,Megan Sobierajski,Bronwyn Spratt +8 more
TL;DR: The results of this survey suggest that more than 5% of claims were not complying with the current regulations and that the standards were not being fully enforced, suggesting that the new standard will need to be accompanied by clear guidelines for manufacturers on requirements for substantiating claims.
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Consumer reactions to different health claim formats on food labels
TL;DR: Split health claims were found, in some cases, to produce more positive responses than not-split claims in several areas: they created a higher level of satisfaction with the labelling, they produced a higherlevel of trust, and they communicated better the health risk on the claim.
Survey of health claims for Australian foods made on Internet sites
TL;DR: Australia and New Zealand are currently preparing a new food standard code, which will allow the use of health claims on food products and in associated advertising, and there is a greater prevalence of high-level and therapeutic claims made on the Internet.