Do Nutrition Label Readers Eat Healthier Diets? Behavioral Correlates of Adults’ Use of Food Labels

Kreuter, Matthew W.; Brennan, Laura K.; Scharff, Darcell P.; Lukwago, Susan N.

doi:10.1016/s0749-3797(18)30175-2

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“…The appropriate use of FL allows individuals to assess energy and nutrient content of the foods purchased at the time of decision. Previous studies have suggested a robust association between FL use and some indicators of diet quality, such as high intakes of fruits and vegetables, and low intakes of fat, saturated fat and cholesterol (3,(5)(6)(7)(8) .…”

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“…Several previous studies suggest that the use of FL can contribute to healthful dietary intakes such as lower intakes of total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol (7)(8)(9)(10) , higher diet quality (1,5,7,10,11) and high fibre intake (1,9,10) , although other findings are inconsistent (5,7,8) . Some research has suggested that FL use may be related to demographics, nutrition knowledge and psychosocial factors in selected study populations (3,5,8) .…”

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Who is missing the message? Targeting strategies to increase food label use among US adults

Chen

Jahns

Gittelsohn

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To evaluate the associations between sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics and food label (FL) use in US adults. Design: Data from the 1994-1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals and the Diet and Health Knowledge Survey were used. High socio-economic status (SES) was defined as .high school education and poverty-income ratio (PIR) .350 %, low SES as ,high school level or PIR ,130 %. Dietary intakes were assessed using 24 h recalls. Setting: Metropolitan statistical area-central city, -suburban, and rural areas in the USA.

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Who is missing the message? Targeting strategies to increase food label use among US adults

Chen

Jahns

Gittelsohn

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Label use is significantly associated with lower fat consumption and higher intakes of fruits and vegetables (Neuhouser et al, 1999) as well as better diet quality overall (Perez-Escamilla & Haldeman, 2002;Kreuter et al, 1997). Consumers who hold a strong belief that what is consumed can help reduce the risk of disease are more likely to use nutritional information related to fat on foods (Nayga, 1996;Smith et al, 2000;Kim et al, 2001).…”

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Australian consumers are sceptical about but influenced by claims about fat on food labels

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Objectives: To explore the beliefs and attitudes of Australian consumers to claims about fat made on the labels of packaged food. Design: Content analysis of transcripts from focus group discussions. Subjects: A total of 26 female and 10 male participants aged 20-80 y, recruited by advertisement into six focus groups, stratified by age, sex and health status. Results: Awareness of claims about fat was high in this sample of Australians and participants admitted that they influenced their purchase decisions. The most preferred form of claim was 'X% fat free'. Claims were considered most useful on foods that were high in fat. There was considerable scepticism about all nutrient claims, and consumers preferred to check claims about fat against the values in the nutrition information panel. Many claims were seen as advertising that could be misleading, deceptive or confusing. While claims about fat might prompt product trial, factors such as price, taste, naturalness, as well as other nutritional factors, also influenced purchase decisions. Some consumers believe low fat claims encourage over consumption of foods. Conclusions: Changes to regulations governing nutrition claims on food labels should be made to enhance their credibility and support their role in assisting consumers to make healthier food choices.

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“…Women were also more likely to report that nutrition labels had influenced their food choices (53) and to trust nutrition labels (44) . Similar rates of nutrition label use have been documented among women of different levels of income and socio-economic status (34,38,51,55,57) .…”

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Nutrition labels on pre-packaged foods: a systematic review

Campos

Doxey

Hammond

2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Do Nutrition Label Readers Eat Healthier Diets? Behavioral Correlates of Adults’ Use of Food Labels

Cited by 166 publications

References 14 publications

Who is missing the message? Targeting strategies to increase food label use among US adults

Who is missing the message? Targeting strategies to increase food label use among US adults

Australian consumers are sceptical about but influenced by claims about fat on food labels

Nutrition labels on pre-packaged foods: a systematic review

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