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Consumer understanding and use of food labels in Ghana: A review of the evidence

open access: yesWorld Nutrition, 2023
Background Creating a supportive environment can help manage the growing burden of obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (DR-NCDs) through informed diet choices.
Matthew Yosah Konlan   +5 more
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice between Medical and Non-Medical Sciences Students about Food Labeling [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Promotion Perspectives, 2012
Background: Considering the significant role of consumers’ awareness about food labels in making healthy food choices, this study was designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and prac-tice of university students about food labeling.Methods: In this ...
Aida Malek Mahdavi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Pig Farmers’ Preference and Adoption Behavior for Food Safety Information Labels in China

open access: yesFoods, 2023
Food labels are used to reduce the inefficiencies that arise from information asymmetry. Since food certification and traceability labels are commonly food safety information labels used in China, it is of great importance to study producer preference ...
Yingqi Zhong
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Understanding Food Labels

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2019
Have you ever made a purchase based on a food label? Everyone gives food labels a cursory glance, but for the many consumers who wish to make purchasing decisions that reflect their personal and social values, food labels are critical.
Carol Hamilton, Brian Raison
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International experience of FOP labeling for children's food and its enlightenment to China

open access: yesShipin yu jixie, 2023
Among the 10 front of package (FOP) labels for kid-friendly foods worldwide, Nutri-score labeling, health star rating system and especially warning labels could significantly guide children and their parents to reduce unhealthy food consumption. In fact,
HUANG Ze-ying, HAN Jun-hua, YANG Yue-xin
doaj   +1 more source

Potential Effect of Physical Activity Calorie Equivalent (PACE) Labeling on Adult Fast Food Ordering and Exercise. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Numeric calorie content labels show limited efficacy in reducing the number of calories ordered from fast food meals. Physical activity calorie equivalent (PACE) labels are an alternative that may reduce the number of calories ordered in fast food meals ...
Ray Antonelli, Anthony J Viera
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioural food labelling [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Obesity, 2006
Effective strategies to increase energy expenditure and reduce energy intake are being sought by countless agencies around the world. One key strategy will be to enhance health literacy across the population so that everyone will be able to easily understand the energy density of the available foods and drinks.
openaire   +2 more sources

Determinants of Israeli consumers’ decision to use food label information more frequently: a national survey study

open access: yesIsrael Journal of Health Policy Research, 2021
Background Food labeling to encourage healthier food choices may have positive long-term effects. Yet previous studies point to challenges in terms of how consumers understand and use labeling information.
Shosh Shahrabani
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Food labelling

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Public Health, 2022
Abstract The Commission has undertaken to regulate the information provided to consumers on food. In particular, it intends to propose mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPNL) for food by the end of 2022. Even though nutrition labelling has been regulated by the EU since 1990, the tactics of industry, with the support of a ...
openaire   +1 more source

A consumer perspective on food labelling: ethical or not?

open access: yesKoers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2010
This article provides a review of ethical food labelling from a consumer perspective and makes recommendations to the food industry and regulators regarding ethical food labelling in order to satisfy consumers’ food-labelling needs.
M. van der Merwe, K. Venter
doaj   +1 more source

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