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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Nutrition label"”.
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Nutrition label use in college students: An examination of predictors, the impact of label placement, and the relationship between label use and dietary quality
… prevalence, correlates, and dietary impact of label usage in college students. Chapter 1 provides a summary and overall of the theoretical basis for this work. Chapter 2 reviews predictors of nutrition label usage and estimates an overall prevalence of label usage in college students based on …
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Sočiosios riebalų rūgštys ir jų nustatymas „Rakto skylutės“ simboliu paženklintuose maisto produktuose /
… these diseases, authorities in Sweden proposed a nutrition label – the Green Keyhole, to make it easier to select low-fat, salt, sugar and high-fibre alternatives. These problems have also been observed in Lithuania, so in 2014 lithuanians were introduced with the Green Keyhole nutrition label. In …
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FOOD Fits: A Pediatric Office Waiting Room Pilot Intervention Targeting Parental Nutrition Literacy and Child Health
… pilot, cross-sectional study assessed whether nutrition education videos viewed in a pediatric waiting room were effective at improving parent nutrition literacy. A secondary objective was to assess the feasibility of this intervention for future research. Methods: Parents of children aged 1-17 …
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Three empirical analyses of behavioral and nutrition policy influences on dietary choices
… The third essay investigates effect of nutrition label informational campaign that was undertaken as part of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. I find that the informational campaign had an impact only on select nutrients. Overall, in this dissertation, I establish that …
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Development, validation and implementation of a novel dietary salt monitor in type 2 diabetes in UK
… intake; non-practice of reading salt content on nutrition label, frequent addition of salt to food and lack of understanding on daily salt limit and food sources of salt were identified as potential barriers in adherence to the recommended salt intake. The dietary data of these type 2 diabetic …
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Associations between health literacy and attention to food packaging, front of pack labels, and claims
… calories, saturated fat, sugars, and sodium. Nutrition labels and claims influence knowledge of the healthfulness and nutrient content of packaged foods, and may ultimately impact purchasing decisions. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate how adults with varying levels of …
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You Eat What You Are: Sociocultural Factors That Influence and Inform Food Literacies
… of food literacy exist across health, nutrition, and education disciplines. Food literacy is a contested and subjective topic and has been used across health disciplines to combat dietary-related diseases to improve population health outcomes. Often, the common interpretation of food …
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Nutrition labelling of food to promote consumer health in transitional Thailand
… major public health problems. Interest in this nutrition transition of changing environment, diet, and lifestyle generated the nutrition labelling research conducted for this thesis. Thai nutrition labelling aims to promote healthier eating among consumers. The labels have not been revised …
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Nutrition labelling of food to promote consumer health in transitional Thailand
… major public health problems. Interest in this nutrition transition of changing environment, diet, and lifestyle generated the nutrition labelling research conducted for this thesis. Thai nutrition labelling aims to promote healthier eating among consumers. The labels have not been revised …
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The value and role of food labels: three essays examining information flows in the food system for experience and credence attributes
This dissertation investigates the role of food labels as means of conveying information about food product characteristics, with particular attention to experience and credence attributes. Unobserved product characteristics such as taste, food safety, nutrition, or quality are inherently difficult …
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Improving usability of nutrition information through graphical visualization
Effective use of nutrition information is an important method of preventing or managing diet-related diseases. However, it is difficult to effectively communicate information to those in need when decision making occurs. Methods of simplifying nutrition information exist to help users interpret …