Consumer perspectives on food labels

The symposium "Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for Food Labeling" explored the scientific debate about the most appropriate DRI values to use in establishing Daily Values on food labels. An important goal of nutrition and ingredient information is to help consumers make healthful dietary...

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Published inThe American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 83; no. 5; p. 1235S
Main Author Borra, Susan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Society for Nutrition 01.05.2006
American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
Subjects
Consumer Behavior
Daily Reference Values
Descriptive labeling
Dietary Guidelines
Focus Groups
food industry
Food Labeling - methods
Food packaging
Health Promotion
Humans
Nutrition
nutrition information
nutrition labeling
Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990
Nutrition Policy
Public opinion
Reference Values
Tolerable Upper Intake Level
trace elements
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Summary:The symposium "Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for Food Labeling" explored the scientific debate about the most appropriate DRI values to use in establishing Daily Values on food labels. An important goal of nutrition and ingredient information is to help consumers make healthful dietary choices. This summary provides highlights from recent quantitative and qualitative research on consumers' use and understanding of food label information.
Bibliography:http://www.ajcn.org/contents-by-date.0.shtml
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ISSN:0002-9165
1938-3207
DOI:10.1093/ajcn/83.5.1235S