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SynthesisNutrients2022

Uncovering the Effect of European Policy-Making Initiatives in Addressing Nutrition-Related Issues: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis on Front-of-Pack Labels.

Marco Francesco Mazzù, Angelo Baccelloni, Piera Finistauri

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 authors.

Marco Francesco MazzùLuiss Business School, Via Nomentana 216, 00162 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8427-9664
Angelo BaccelloniDepartment of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8064-103X
Piera FinistauriDepartment of Business and Management, Luiss University, Viale Romania 32, 00197 Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The last decades have been marked by the introduction of front-of-pack labels (FoPL) as an institutional corrective action against obesity and nutrition-related illnesses. However, FoPL-related policy-making initiatives issued by the European Union evolved over time and led to a diversity of labels with different effects on consumers' decisions. As a result, the extant literature adapted to the regulative scenario over the years and investigated the effects of the labels, creating consensus on some topics while being fragmented on others. Similarly, policy-makers adapted some regulations to the evidence supported by the research. With the aim to systematize the overall structure and evolution of the literature on FoPL, investigate the presence of a consensus on specific topics through a co-citation analysis, and examine the evolution of the consensus and co-citation networks over the years and potential research gaps, we report the results of bibliometric and co-citation analyses and a systematic literature review involving 170 papers and a selection of 49 articles published in the last months, for a total of 219 articles, analysed according to three timespans (Period 1 (1989-2011); Period 2 (2012-2016) and Period 3 (2017-2022)). Our findings highlight the interplay of policy development and FoPL research, the presence of few self-reinforcing and well-established co-citation networks based on validated evidence in the literature and the presence of alternative emerging theories that offer different and valid perspectives overlooked by mainstream co-citation research networks.

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Consumer BehaviorFood LabelingBibliometricsChoice BehaviorFood PreferencesNutritive ValuePolicyPolicy Makingbibliometric analysisco-citation networksfood policyfront-of-pack labelmultiple traffic lightNutrInform batterynutri-score

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PMID36014929
PMCPMC9414449

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