Consuming a diet complying with front-of-pack label criteria may reduce cholesterol levels: A modeling study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 510-516

  Vyth, E L ^a   Hendriksen, M A H ^b   Roodenburg, A J C ^a,c   Steenhuis, I H M ^a   Van Raaij, J M A ^b   Verhagen, H ^b   Brug, J ^d   Seidell, J C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

modeling; nutrition labeling; public health impact; reformulation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; DUTCH; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NUTRITION LABELING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; RISK REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859447518     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.193     Document Type: Article

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