Reporting of trans-fat on labels of Brazilian food products

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2146-2153

  Silveira, Bruna Maria ^a   Gonzalez Chica, David Alejandro ^a   Da Costa Proença, Rossana Pacheco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Consumer; Food labels; Processed foods; Trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

TRANS FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECEPTION; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECEPTION; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; MARKETING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84902408948     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013000050     Document Type: Article

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