Potential pitfalls of health claims from a public health nutrition perspective

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 624-638

  Mariotti, François ^a   Kalonji, Esther ^b   Huneau, Jean François ^a   Margaritis, Irène ^b  

^a CENTRE MAURICE HALBWACHS   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Consumers; Diet; Food labeling; Health claims; Human nutrition; Perception; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CLAIM; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; FOOD PACKAGING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD LABELING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 78149479276     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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