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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"nutrition labels"”.
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A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Front-Of-Package Nutrition Labels In The US
… increasingly front-of-package (fop) food labels are displayed on packaged food items. Fop nutrition labels have become more prevalent in the US to help consumers identify healthier options at the point-of-purchase. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of two current fop labels, …
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Investigating Content, Format and Placement of Point-of-Selection Nutrition Labels In A Foodservice Setting and Its Impact On Patrons' Purchasing Behavior
<p>Providing point-of-selection nutrition information in a foodservice environment or menu labeling is a cost effective policy approach to educating patrons about the energy content of meals away from home but the effectiveness of menu labeling is unclear. Some strategies to improve the …
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Food labeling systems and Consumers’ Decision making
… with the necessary information to make informed nutritional choices. As a result, nutritional labeling has become increasingly imperative in assisting individuals in their daily purchasing decisions. Although research suggests that front-of-pack labeling is an effective means of informing …
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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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Compensation effect between sodium and fat in reduced and lower fat processed food systems
… 4) compare the link among prior perception of nutrition labels, sensory acceptability, and nutrition labeling formats in a model processed food system., and 5) determine the threshold of sodium in a model reduced and low oil-in-water emulsion system. From the major processed food categories in …
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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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Integrating dual-process and pragmatic theories for the processing of verbal and numerical food quantifiers
… information. These formats are commonly used in nutrition communication, but there is a paucity of evidence in the literature on how they each affect judgement and decision-making processes, and how this could affect current practices in applied communications. Over 14 pre-registered studies, …
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Accounting for taste : regulating food labeling in the "affluent society," 1945-1995
… a set of standard recipes with fixed common name labels (such as "peanut butter" or "tomato soup"), or "standards of identity," for all mass-produced foods. However, the appearance of new diet foods and public health concerns undermined this system. Beginning in the 1970s, the FDA shifted its …
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The Relationship between Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: A Mixed-Methods Study of African-American Adult Patients with Asthma
… adherence, poorer interpretation of prescription labels, nutrition labels, and health messages, and poorer health outcomes. Consequently, health literacy is one of the modifiable individual factors that contributes to asthma disparities among African-Americans.</p> <p>Methods: This study was a …
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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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Nutrition label use in college students: An examination of predictors, the impact of label placement, and the relationship between label use and dietary quality
… for this work. Chapter 2 reviews predictors of nutrition label usage and estimates an overall prevalence of label usage in college students based on 16 studies. Here we report an overall nutrition label usage prevalence from pooling studies, and correlates of usage. Chapter 3 reviews the …