Relationship between front-of-pack labeling and nutritional characteristics of food products: An attempt of an analytical approach [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 The adoption of supplementary nutrition information, i.e., front-of-pack labeling (FOPL), on pre-packed food products is advocated as a tool to improve the consumers' knowledge of the nutrient content or the nutritional quality of foods, but also to ...
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Editorial: The role of front-of-pack labeling in making informed and healthy food choices [PDF]
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Methodology for the Review and Update of Nutrient Criteria Underpinning Front-of-Pack Labeling: Application to the Glycemic Index Symbol [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 Background:Nutrient criteria underlying front-of-pack food labeling programs can play an important role in improving dietary intakes. Currently, no methodology for the development or update of nutrient criteria has been published, nor the methods used by
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Stakeholder Network Analysis for Front-of-Pack Labeling in China [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 BackgroundFront-of-pack (FoP) labeling on packaged foods is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce diet-related non-communicable diseases, but it has not yet been implemented in China.
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Hypothetical impact of the Mexican front-of-pack labeling on intake of critical nutrients and energy [PDF]
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2023 Background Since 2020 in Mexico, front-of-pack warning labels (FOPWL) have been implemented in processed products. Evidence supports warning labels allow consumers to identify unhealthy products.
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Beyond the sugar tax: public acceptability of a comprehensive food policy bundle in urban Ghana [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundThe escalating burden of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Ghana has prompted the government to implement a 20% excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages through the Excise Duty (Amendment) Act 1108 of 2023.
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Global Health Journal (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2022 There is a surge in the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Over the last 50 years there has been a rapid growth in the consumption of ultra-processed food products high in salt, fat, and glycemic load in SSA ...
Jean Jacques Noubiap, Boni Maxime Ale
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Can Front-of-Pack Labeling Encourage Food Reformulation? A Cross-Sectional Study on Packaged Bread [PDF]
FoodsFront-of-pack labeling (FOPL) may represent an important instrument for the food industry in the promotion of food product reformulation. The present cross-sectional study used salt reduction in packaged breads as a case study, aiming to investigate ...
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Global Heart, 2020 On World Food Day, the World Heart Federation calls on governments to implement mandatory front-of-pack food labels. The World Heart Federation (WHF) has developed a new policy brief on front-of-pack labelling (FOPL) aimed at improving global standards ...
Barry Popkin, Monika Arora
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Prepackaged foods healthiness ranking index: developing front-of-pack labeling to facilitate the assessment and validation of healthiness rankings of prepackaged foods in China [PDF]
BMC MedicineBackground The Medium and Long-Term Plan for the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Diseases (2017–2025) in China has highlighted the importance of reducing fat, sodium, and sugar in foods.
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