The Smart Choices front-of-package nutrition labeling program: Rationale and development of the nutrition criteria

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Lupton, Joanne R ^f   Balentine, Douglas A ^h   Black, Richard M ^d   Hildwine, Regina ^b   Ivens, Barbara J ^e   Kennedy, Eileen T ^g   Packard, Patricia T ^a   Sperber, Bradley R ^c   Steffen, Daniel ^d   Story, Mary ⁱ  

^a ConAgra Foods Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Grocery Manufacturers Association   (United States)

^c Keystone Center   (United States)

^d Kraft Foods Global Inc   (United States)

^e PEPSICO INC   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONSUMER; FAT INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SMART CHOICES PROGRAM; SODIUM INTAKE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD LABELING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950487349     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.28450B     Document Type: Review

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