Objective understanding of front-of-package nutrition labels among nutritionally at-risk individuals

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 7106-7125

  Ducrot, Pauline ^a   Méjean, Caroline ^a   Julia, Chantal ^a,b   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a   Touvier, Mathilde ^a   Fezeu, Léopold K ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b   Péneau, Sandrine ^a  

^a COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Food labeling; Front of package nutrition label; Objective understanding; Population at risk

Indexed keywords

5 COLOR NUTRITION LABEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD QUALITY; GREEN TICK; GUIDELINE DAILY AMOUNT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAFFIC LIGHTS; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SHOPPING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; NUTRITION POLICY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940860017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7085325     Document Type: Article

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