Front‐of‐Pack Food Labeling and the Politics of Nutritional Nudges [PDF]
Law & Policy, 2016 This article examines the potential for new front‐of‐pack (FOP) nutrition labeling initiatives to nudge consumers toward healthier food choices. The libertarian‐paternalist approach to policy known as nudge initially developed by Thaler and Sunstein is discussed, with its emphasis on designing spaces (including the space of the food label) to shape the
Scrinis, G, Parker, C
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Mixed messages: evaluating the concurrent presence of nutrition and health claims and front-of-pack warning symbols in five food categories in Canada. [PDF]
Public Health NutrObjective: This study aimed (1) to characterise the use and prevalence of nutrition and health claims (NHC) and (2) to examine the association between NHC and the potential presence of Health Canada’s front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition symbol indicating high ...
Abran SM +7 more
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To See or Not to See: Do Front of Pack Nutrition Labels Affect Attention to Overall Nutrition Information? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 BACKGROUND:Front of pack (FOP) nutrition labels are concise labels located on the front of food packages that provide truncated nutrition information. These labels are rapidly gaining prominence worldwide, presumably because they attract attention and ...
Laura Bix +5 more
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Directive vs. Reductive Front-of-Pack Labels: Differences in Italian Consumers’ Responses to the Nutri-Score and the NutrInform Battery [PDF]
FoodsThere is no clear consensus regarding which Front-of-Pack (FoP) label is more effective in promoting healthier food choices. This study explored consumers’ healthiness perception (HP) and willingness to buy (WTB) foods labelled with two different FoP ...
Nazarena Cela +3 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Background The Nutri-Score, a front-of-pack nutrition label, has been adopted in 2017 in France but its impact on low-income populations is unknown, and they are more at risk of having unhealthy diets.
Pilar Galan +11 more
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The Nutri-Score algorithm: Evaluation of its validation process
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 The Nutri-Score front-of-pack label, which classifies the nutritional quality of products in one of 5 classes (A to E), is one of the main candidates for standardized front-of-pack labeling in the EU.
Daphne L. M. van der Bend +4 more
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Analysis of stakeholders’ responses to the food warning labels regulation in Mexico
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022 Background In Mexico, the inclusion of a front-of-pack label in the Official Mexican Standard 051 (NOM-051 for its Spanish acronym) has been widely discussed for years by different stakeholder groups.
Regina Durán +4 more
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Front-of-pack Nutrition Labelling Systems: A Missed Opportunity? [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2012 Both the US Institute of Medicine and the Canadian Standing Committee on Health have called for simple, standardized front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labelling systems on packaged foods. However, despite scientific evidence and expert consensus on the topic, Canada's Minister of Health has dismissed these recommendations, stating that Canadian ...
Teri E, Emrich +2 more
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A study on the consumer's perception of front-of-pack nutrition labeling [PDF]
Nutrition Research and Practice, 2009 The goal of this research is to investigate the present situation for front of pack labeling in Korea and the perception of consumers for the new system of labeling, front of pack labeling, based on the consumer survey. We investigated the number of processed foods with front of pack labeling in one retailer in Youngin-si.
Kim, Woo Kyoung, Kim, Juhyeon
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How Relevant Are Nutrition and Health Claims in Healthier Food Choices of Romanian Consumers? [PDF]
Proceeding Papers (BASIQ International Conference), 2023 In European Union, concerns for improving the legislative framework of food labeling materialized in Regulation 1924 (2006) which aims to harmonize the rules used for nutrition and health claims such as “source of vitamin D” or “calcium ...
Magdalena Bobe, Roxana Procopie
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