Differences in the nutritional content of baby and toddler foods with front-of-package nutrition claims issued by manufacturers v. governments/health organizations

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-80

  Metcalfe, Amy ^a   Elliott, Charlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Children; Food and nutrition; Food marketing; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; BABY FOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAST FOOD; FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PENNSYLVANIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESERVED FOOD; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD LABELING; FOOD, PRESERVED; FOODS, SPECIALIZED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHILADELPHIA; SNACKS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 84973434851     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003522     Document Type: Article

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