Influence of menu labeling on food choices in real-life settings: A systematic review

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 534-548

  Fernandes, Ana C ^a   Oliveira, Renata C ^a   Proenca, Rossana P C ^a   Curioni, Cintia C ^b   Rodrigues, Vanessa M ^a   Fiates, Giovanna M R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catering; Food labeling; Healthy eating; Nutrition information; Public health

Indexed keywords

CALORIE; CATERING SERVICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROL GROUP; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EATING; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; CALORIC INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTHY DIET; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MEDLINE; MENU PLANNING; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 85011034474     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw013     Document Type: Article

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