Nutritional Labeling as a Policy Instrument

Padberg, D. I.

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“…In a study by Heimbach and Stokes (1982), processed foods at retail level carrying nutrition labels were reported to be 40 percent in 1977 and 44 percent in 1979. Food labeling is considered an important food policy issue of the 1990s (Padberg 1992). If label information is more usable by consumers, society can greatly benefit from a public health perspective.…”

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“…Although the mentioned studies shed some light on food labeling issues, research on consumer use of food labels is lacking (Capps 1992). Padberg (1992) also pointed out that little attention has been given t o how and whether consumers use the information on food labels. To date, an econometric analysis of consumer utilization of food labeling using national level data has yet to be reported in the literature.…”

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Consumer Utilization of Food Labeling as a Source of Nutrition Information

Wang

Fletcher

Carley

1995

Journal of Consumer Affairs

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The factors which influence consumer usage of food labels are investigated by a qualitative response model using the 1987–1988 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey data. Econometric results show that economic, sociodemographic, and consumer health awareness variables are determinants of food label usage. The implications of these findings include formulating government food labeling regulations and consumer educational programs and evaluating consumer health benefits of using food labels.

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Consumer Utilization of Food Labeling as a Source of Nutrition Information

Wang

Fletcher

Carley

1995

Journal of Consumer Affairs

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“…Citing the improvement of public health as a primary objective, numerous studies have highlighted the need for a nutritional scoring system that is both comprehensive in its coverage of food products and easily understood by consumers [1][2][3][4][5] .…”

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Modeling Expert Opinions on Food Healthfulness: A Nutrition Metric

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Milkman³

et al. 2009

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

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Research during the last several decades indicates the failure of existing nutritional labels to substantially improve the healthfulness of consumers' food/beverage choices. The present study aims to fill this void by developing a nutrition metric that is more comprehensible to the average shopper. The healthfulness ratings of 205 sample foods/beverages by leading nutrition experts formed the basis for a linear regression that places weights on 12 nutritional components (ie, total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, sugars, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron) to predict the average healthfulness rating that experts would give to any food/beverage. Major benefits of the model include its basis in expert judgment, its straightforward application, the flexibility of transforming its output ratings to any linear scale, and its ease of interpretation. This metric serves the purpose of distilling expert knowledge into a form usable by consumers so that they are empowered to make more healthful decisions. Disciplines Human and Clinical Nutrition | Other Food ScienceThis journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/oid_papers/28 08-082Copyright © 2008 by Jolie Mae Martin, John Leonard Beshears, Katherine Lyford Milkman, Max H. Bazerman, and Lisa Sutherland Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. Modeling Expert Opinions on Food ABSTRACT Background

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“…Examples of such notification tools include food labels (e.g. Baltas, 2001;Capacci et al, 2012;Padberg, 1992), warnings on tobacco products (e.g. Fong et al, 2009;Levy et al, 2004), or mileage and pollution information for cars.…”

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Kuehnhanss

2018

Routledge Handbook of Policy Design

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Nutritional Labeling as a Policy Instrument

Cited by 15 publications

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Consumer Utilization of Food Labeling as a Source of Nutrition Information

Consumer Utilization of Food Labeling as a Source of Nutrition Information

Modeling Expert Opinions on Food Healthfulness: A Nutrition Metric

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