Health Canada's evaluation of the use of glycemic index claims on food labels

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-274

  Aziz, Alfred ^a   Dumais, Lydia ^a   Barber, Jennifer ^a  

^a Bureau of Nutritional Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONSUMER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; EVALUATION; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POLICY; PORTION SIZE; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CANADA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FOOD LABELING; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 84881220930     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.061770     Document Type: Article

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