Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols : Promoting Healthier Choices

Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols : Promoting Healthier Choices / Committee on Examination of Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols (Phase II), Food and Nutrition Board ; Ellen A. Wartella [and others], editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

"During the past decade, tremendous growth has occurred in the use of nutrition symbols and rating systems designed to summarize key nutritional aspects and characteristics of food products. These symbols and the systems that underlie them have become known as front-of-package (FOP) nutrition r...

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Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Examination of Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board
Other Authors: Wartella, Ellen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Nutrition.
Food > Labeling.
Food > Packing.
Health promotion > Methods.
Obesity > Prevention.
Food containers.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diets.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Food Content Guides.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Nutrition.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Nutrition.
MEDICAL > Nutrition.
Food containers
Food > Labeling
Health promotion
Nutrition
Obesity > Prevention
Methods (Music)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The food package environment
  • The regulatory environment
  • Consumers' use of nutrition information and product choices
  • Consumer use and understanding of front-of-package labeling systems
  • Effects of food package information on consumer preferences, choices, and processing
  • A model front-of-package symbol system including criteria for evaluating nutrients
  • Promotion, evaluation, and monitoring for front-of-package symbol systems
  • Recommendations.

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