Increasing the public health voice in global decision-making on nutrition labelling [PDF]
Globalization and Health, 2020 To respond to the global noncommunicable disease (NCD) crisis, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), a multilateral United Nations body responsible for work on food standards, is developing global guidance for front of pack (FoP) nutrition labelling.
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Improving Nutrition Information in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Implementation of Front-Of-Pack Nutrition Labelling. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2020 The provision of simplified nutrition information, in a prominent place on the front of food packages, is recommended as an important element of comprehensive strategies to tackle the burden of death and disease caused by unhealthy diets.
Al-Jawaldeh A +5 more
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Front-of-pack nutrition labelling to promote healthier diets: current practice and opportunities to strengthen regulation worldwide [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2019 Unhealthy diets are a leading cause of death and disability globally. The WHO recommends Member States implement front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labels to guide consumers towards healthier food choices, as part of comprehensive strategies to prevent diet ...
Bruce Neal +4 more
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Impact of color-coded and warning nutrition labelling schemes: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS Med, 2021 Background Suboptimal diets are a leading risk factor for death and disability. Nutrition labelling is a potential method to encourage consumers to improve dietary behaviour.
Song J +9 more
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The Impact of Nutrition Labelling on Customer Buying Intention and Behaviours in Fast Food Operations: Some Implications for Public Health. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 This research examines customers’ intention to buy depending on their use of nutrition labelling (NL) in fast food operations (FFOs) and their intention to visit and recommend these FFOs with nutrition-labelled menus.
Sobaih AEE, Abdelaziz AS.
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Scientific advice related to nutrient profiling for the development of harmonised mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling and the setting of nutrient profiles for restricting nutrition and health claims on foods. [PDF]
EFSA J, 2022 Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver scientific advice related to nutrient profiling for the development of harmonised mandatory front‐of‐pack nutrition ...
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Integrating a Health Literacy Lens into Nutrition Labelling Policy in Canada. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 An increasingly important concern in public health practice is health literacy. Simply stated, it refers to the interactions between individuals and health related information to make informed decisions concerning their health.
Mansfield E, Wahba R, De Grandpré E.
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Randomised controlled trial in an experimental online supermarket testing the effects of front-of-pack nutrition labelling on food purchasing intentions in a low-income population. [PDF]
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.
Egnell M +11 more
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The impact of voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labelling on packaged food reformulation: A difference-in-differences analysis of the Australasian Health Star Rating scheme. [PDF]
PLoS Med, 2020 Background Front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPL) of packaged foods can promote healthier diets. Australia and New Zealand (NZ) adopted the voluntary Health Star Rating (HSR) scheme in 2014.
Bablani L +5 more
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Nutrition labelling: a review of research on consumer and industry response in the global South [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2015 Background: To identify peer-reviewed research on consumers’ usage and attitudes towards the nutrition label and the food industry's response to labelling regulations outside Europe, North America, and Australia and to determine knowledge gaps for future
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