An independent audit of the Australian food industry's voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme for energy-dense nutrition-poor foods

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-35

  Carter, O B J ^a,b   Mills, B W ^a   Lloyd, E ^a   Phan, T ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food industry; Food labelling; Front of package; Public health; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOREGULATION; BRANDED PRODUCT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY INTAKE GUIDE; ENERGY DENSE NUTRITION POOR FOOD; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FRONT OF PACK NUTRITION LABELLING; GENERIC PRODUCT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; QUALITY CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SNACKS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 84872142168     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.179     Document Type: Article

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