Consumer understanding of calorie amounts and serving size: Implications for nutritional labelling

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 327-331

  Vanderlee, Lana ^a   Goodman, Samantha ^b   Yang, Wiworn Sae ^a   Hammond, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Food labelling; Front of package labelling; Nutrition labelling; Nutrition policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871389972     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404435     Document Type: Article

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