Add to ORKGOpening food packages without additional aids is a common problem, which especially affects elder people. A study carried out at the Professorship of Human Factors and Ergonomics shows results of opening successes at a variety of packages. Opening a jar of gherkins proved to be a challenging task for the majority of the test persons. Further examples of badly designed packages as well as good solutions are introduced
Previous work by the authors has shown that access to packaging in hospitals can influence the nutri...
This study examines how novel packaging could be designed so that opening is easy for older people. ...
‘Openability’ of food and beverage packaging has been shown to be problematic for older consumers. ...
Opening food packages without additional aids is a common problem, which especially affects elder pe...
Demographics are such that the number of people over 65 will increase by 11% by the year 2011. The n...
Opening packages is becoming more difficult with manufacturers making packaging harder to tamper wit...
It can be expected that many elderly people have impaired opening capacity of food packaging bearing...
This paper describes a pilot study that focused on the perceptions and performance of individuals wh...
The Department of Trade and Industry have recently published a report highlighting the problems of o...
As society ages there is a growing need to understand issues surrounding declining user capabilities...
The theoretical and practical study showed the following results: the successful product design must...
Package opening tasks have been identified as some of the most challenging that individuals need to ...
Many people experience difficulty when opening a vacuum-sealed jar. Yet solutions to the problem con...
Food and beverage packaging has been identified as a contributing factor to malnutrition among elder...
Society is ageing and sadly that ageing leads to a host of issues, not least a society in which the ...
Previous work by the authors has shown that access to packaging in hospitals can influence the nutri...
This study examines how novel packaging could be designed so that opening is easy for older people. ...
‘Openability’ of food and beverage packaging has been shown to be problematic for older consumers. ...
Opening food packages without additional aids is a common problem, which especially affects elder pe...
Demographics are such that the number of people over 65 will increase by 11% by the year 2011. The n...
Opening packages is becoming more difficult with manufacturers making packaging harder to tamper wit...
It can be expected that many elderly people have impaired opening capacity of food packaging bearing...
This paper describes a pilot study that focused on the perceptions and performance of individuals wh...
The Department of Trade and Industry have recently published a report highlighting the problems of o...
As society ages there is a growing need to understand issues surrounding declining user capabilities...
The theoretical and practical study showed the following results: the successful product design must...
Package opening tasks have been identified as some of the most challenging that individuals need to ...
Many people experience difficulty when opening a vacuum-sealed jar. Yet solutions to the problem con...
Food and beverage packaging has been identified as a contributing factor to malnutrition among elder...
Society is ageing and sadly that ageing leads to a host of issues, not least a society in which the ...
Previous work by the authors has shown that access to packaging in hospitals can influence the nutri...
This study examines how novel packaging could be designed so that opening is easy for older people. ...
‘Openability’ of food and beverage packaging has been shown to be problematic for older consumers. ...