Front-of-package nutrition references are positively associated with food processing

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 58-67

  Christoforou, Anthea ^a   Dachner, Naomi ^a   Mendelson, Rena ^b   Tarasuk, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Front of package labelling; Nutrition marketing; Processed foods

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; FAST FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; MARKETING; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CANADA; DIET; FAST FOODS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SUPPLY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARKETING; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 85020547564     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017001057     Document Type: Article

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