Variations in serving sizes of Australian snack foods and confectionery

Appetite

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 32-37

  Watson, Wendy L ^a   Kury, Alexandra ^b   Wellard, Lyndal ^a   Hughes, Clare ^a   Dunford, Elizabeth ^c   Chapman, Kathy ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Food industry; Food labelling; Serving size; Snacks

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CACAO; CANNED FOOD; CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FAST FOOD; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MAIZE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUT; NUTRITION; PORTION SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; CANDY; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SERVING SIZE; SNACKS;

EID: 84941670013     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.08.042     Document Type: Article

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