Food Production, Processing and NutritionNutrition labels on packaged foods or on shelf tags are used to help the general population make informed food choices to reduce or prevent diet-associated chronic diseases and meet nutritional needs.
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Nutrition facts labels: who is actually reading them and does it help in meeting intake recommendations for nutrients of public health concern? [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Fiber, potassium and calcium are nutrients of public health concern and their intakes in the United States are alarmingly low. The usage of nutrition facts labels has been reported to increase the odds for dietary reference intake of fiber in ...
Maximilian Andreas Storz
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Healthy Eating: Understanding the Nutrition Facts Label
EDIS, 2017 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that most food packages have the Nutrition Facts label. This label contains information about nutrients in the food to help people make healthier food choices. Older adults can use the label to choose
Linda Bobroff, Karla P. Shelnutt
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Can the updated nutrition facts label decrease sugar-sweetened beverage consumption?
Economics & Human Biology, 2020 Sugar-sweetened beverages are the primary source of added sugar consumption in the U.S, and the Food and Drug Administration recently updated the Nutrition Facts Label to communicate the amount of added sugars in manufactured food. The changes to the Nutrition Facts Label (NFL) is concurrent with some cities implementing policies that place an excise ...
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Association between nutritional literacy and nutrition label use in Chinese community residents [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionIntroductionNutritional literacy (NL) has a critical influence on food choices. The objective of the present study was to examine the association of NL with nutrition label use.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in Bengbu, China.
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Advances in Physiology EducationReading nutrition facts labels is a typical activity promoted in obesity prevention educational programs. By playing the MestreChef Nutritional, participants can immerse in the context of a food TV show game to have the first contact with reading nutrition facts labels for a learning purpose.
Pamella Mayumi Dias Inamori +1 more
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Proposed Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label and the Chronic Kidney Disease Patient [PDF]
Journal of Renal Nutrition, 2015 proposed label to help consumers differentiate between naturally occurring sugar and what portion of sugar is being added to the product. The total carbohydrate designation on the label has been replaced by ‘‘total carbs,’’ which includes the added sugar declaration.
Pamela S. Kent
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Added sugar in the nutrition facts label: Consumer needs and scientific uncertainty [PDF]
Obesity, 2015 Diana M. Thomas, Theodore K. Kyle
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The association between nutrition facts label utilization and comprehension among Latinos in two east Los Angeles neighborhoods. [PDF]
J Acad Nutr Diet, 2014 Sharif MZ +8 more
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Labeling Nutrition-Sensitive Food Chains: A Consumer Preference Analysis of Milk Products [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020 While nutrition-sensitive value-chain approaches are strongly advocated, studies on consumer preferences for such interventions are lacking. This study aims to fill this gap by examining a nutrition-sensitive chain labeling scheme, using the Ugandan ...
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