A 12-item, seven-point Likert-type scale is used to measure the degree of control one believes he/she has over his/her health-related behaviors. The emphasis is on engaging in the behaviors rather than the outcome of those behaviors.
A six-item, seven-point scale is used to measure the frequency with which a person engages in several activities related to healthy nutrition. The scale was referred to by Moorman and Matulich (1993) as negative diet restriction because the emphasis of these items is on what to limit in one's diet rather than which good foods to consume.
This four-item, seven-point scale is used to measure the degree to which people say they are confident in their ability to understand and use specified nutritional information on food packaging.
Eight items are used to measure not only the degree of importance a person places on eating healthy but also the amount of attention devoted to nutritional information in a particular (recent) situation.
The three item, eleven-point Likert-type scale measures the degree to which a person believes that there is a strong positive relationship between the taste of a food and how fattening it is.
Three statements with seven-point response scales are used to measure a person's self-expressed level of nutrition knowledge compared to the average consumer and his/her confidence in using that knowledge.
The five item, eleven-point scale measures a person's concern about the consumption of a specific type of food based on its nutritional value. One item (#5) is not nutrition-related.
This four item, seven-point Likert-type scale measures a consumer's attitude toward nutrition information on package food products. The scale appears to assess the cognitive (items #1 and #3) and behavioral (items #2 and #4) components of an attitude but not the affective component. The scale was referred to as motivation to process nutrition information by Balasubramanian and Cole (2002).
Six statements with seven-point response scales are used to measure a person's self-expressed level of knowledge regarding the nutrition- and health-related aspects of fat in food.
This nine item, seven-point Likert-type scale is intended to measure the degree to which a person follows the instructions given to him/her as part of a weight loss program.
