SynthesisNutrients2018
Effect of Educational Interventions on Understanding and Use of Nutrition Labels: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews of School-Based Nutrition Interventions to Determine Outcomes Used and Their Measurement Tools.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- The relationship between health literacy, food literacy, and dietary choices-a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The Role of Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels with and without Explanatory Videos on Parent and Child Food Choices.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Exploring the effects of added sugar labels on food purchasing behaviour in Australian parents: An online randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Enrollment in a General Nutrition Course Is Associated With Higher Nutrition Knowledge Scores Among University Students.Health science reports · 2026Article
- The Relationship between Health Literacy, Nutrition Literacy, and Food Literacy and Dietary Behaviors in Adults: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2026Article
- Urban Consumer Behaviors in Kochi, India: Food Choice Motivations, Food Label Literacy, and Nutrition Panel Use.International journal of food science · 2026Article
- Iron Content and Nutritional Quality of Commercial Complementary Baby Foods Available in Australia.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Article
- Empirical design of population health strategies accounting for the distribution of population health risks.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Nutrition facts, drug facts, and model facts: putting AI ethics into practice in gun violence research.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2024Article
- Consumption of foods and beverages rich in added sugar associated with incident metabolic syndrome: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.European journal of preventive cardiology · 2024Article
- Development of food literacy in children and adolescents: implications for the design of strategies to promote healthier and more sustainable diets.Nutrition reviews · 2024Review
- Transformative Insights: Break Up with Salt (BUWS) Program's Short-Term Influence on Hypertension Risk Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Analysis of the influence of educational level on the nutritional status and lifestyle habits of the young Spanish population.Frontiers in public health · 2024Observational
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- Sources and Level of Nutrition Knowledge Among Adults in Lahore: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Exploring the influence of food labels and advertisements on eating habits of children: a cross-sectional study from Punjab, India.BMC public health · 2023Article
- How do adolescents classify foods as healthy and unhealthy?: A qualitative inquiry from rural India.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
- Prevalence of drinking or eating more than usual and associated factors during childhood diarrhea in East Africa: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health survey.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Investigating the Effect of Consumers' Knowledge on Their Acceptance of Functional Foods: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
The potential for nutrition labels to impact on population health is dependent on consumer ability to understand and use this information. Consumer understanding of this information varies across sociodemographic groups and with different label design formats. Labeling legislation requires consumer education on how to use nutrition labels, and recent mandatory changes to the Nutrition Facts Panel (NFP) are underway to improve comprehensibility. This review aimed to evaluate if educational programs can improve understanding and use of nutrition labels. Database searches were performed to identify interventions which delivered education on nutrition labels with outcomes measuring aspects of comprehension or use. A total of 17 studies were selected for review, including nine randomized and eight cohort studies. The majority of studies were conducted in the United States Study participants included school aged children, older adults, and those with diabetes within a range of intervention types involving taught sessions or web-based education. Whilst outcome measures were heterogenous, all studies reported a statistically significant improvement in one or more outcomes of participant understanding or use of nutrition labels. Aspects such as general nutrition knowledge, health literacy, and program delivery format warrant attention in future research. Education which optimizes comprehension and use of nutrition labels may have the potential to improve the impact of this information on dietary health.
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