ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
A citizen perspective on nutritional warnings as front-of-pack labels: insights for the design of accompanying policy measures.
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- Analysis of the policy process for the implementation of nutritional warning labels in Uruguay.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
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- South African consumers' perceptions of front-of-package warning labels on unhealthy foods and drinks.PloS one · 2021Article
- Efficacy of "High in" Nutrient Specific Front of Package Labels-A Retail Experiment with Canadians of Varying Health Literacy Levels.Nutrients · 2020Article
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- [Food industry arguments against front-of-package nutrition labels in UruguayArgumentos da indústria alimentícia contra a rotulagem frontal de advertência nutricional no Uruguai].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2020Article
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- The Food Supply Prior to the Implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labeling and Advertising.Nutrients · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveNutritional warnings have recently been suggested as a simplified front-of-pack nutrition labelling scheme to facilitate citizens' ability to identify unhealthful products and discourage their consumption. However, citizens' perspective on this policy is still under-researched. The objective of the present work was to study how citizens perceive nutritional warnings and to evaluate public support of this policy, with the goal of deriving recommendations for the design of policy measures accompanying the introduction of nutritional warnings.
designAn online survey with 1416 Uruguayan citizens, aged 18-75 years, 61 % female, was conducted. Participants had to answer a series of questions (open-ended and multiple-choice) related to their perception of warnings as a front-of-package nutrition labelling scheme.
resultsParticipants showed a positive attitude towards nutritional warnings, which were regarded as easy to understand and to identify on food packages. The majority of respondents emphasized that they would take nutritional warnings into account when making their food choices, stating that they would allow them to make informed choices and, consequently, to increase the quality of their diet and their health status. Health motivation appeared as a crucial driver for taking nutritional warnings into consideration.
conclusionsA high level of public support for nutritional warnings was observed. Responses can be used to derive a range of recommendations for a policy mix that should synergistically support the introduction of nutritional warnings and encourage citizens to take them into account when making their food purchases.
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