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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Objective understanding of front-of-package nutrition labels among nutritionally at-risk individuals
Nutrients, Volume 7, No. 8, Year 2015
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Description
In the ongoing debate about front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labels, little data exist regarding nutritionally at-risk populations, although they are critical targets of prevention programs. This study aimed to compare the impact of FOP labels on the ability to rank products according to their nutritional quality among French adults potentially at risk of poor dietary quality (N = 14,230). Four labels were evaluated: Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA), Multiple Traffic Lights (MTL), 5-Color Nutrition Label (5-CNL), Green Tick (Tick), along with a reference without label. Mixed models were used to assess how individual characteristics and FOP labels were associated with the ability to rank products. Older participants and those with a lower educational level, income, nutritional knowledge, and likelihood of reading nutrition facts were less skilled at ranking food products according to nutritional quality. Compared with individual characteristics, nutrition labels had an increased impact on food product ranking ability. Overall, 5-CNL corresponded to the highest rate of correct responses, followed by MTL, GDA, and Tick (p < 0.0001). The strongest impact of 5-CNL was observed among individuals with no nutritional knowledge (odds ratio (OR): 20.24; 95% confidence interval (CI): 13.19–31.06). Therefore, 5-CNL appeared to be effective at informing consumers, including those who are nutritionally at-risk, about the nutritional quality of food products. © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Authors & Co-Authors
Méjean, Caroline
France, Paris
Centre de Recherche Epidémiologiques et Bio Statistiques de Sorbonne Paris Cité Cress
Julia, Chantal
France, Paris
Centre de Recherche Epidémiologiques et Bio Statistiques de Sorbonne Paris Cité Cress
France, Bobigny
Hopital Avicenne
Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle
France, Paris
Centre de Recherche Epidémiologiques et Bio Statistiques de Sorbonne Paris Cité Cress
Touvier, Mathilde
France, Paris
Centre de Recherche Epidémiologiques et Bio Statistiques de Sorbonne Paris Cité Cress
Fézeu, Léopold K.
France, Paris
Centre de Recherche Epidémiologiques et Bio Statistiques de Sorbonne Paris Cité Cress
Hercberg, Serge
France, Paris
Centre de Recherche Epidémiologiques et Bio Statistiques de Sorbonne Paris Cité Cress
France, Bobigny
Hopital Avicenne
Péneau, Sandrine
France, Paris
Centre de Recherche Epidémiologiques et Bio Statistiques de Sorbonne Paris Cité Cress
Statistics
Citations: 76
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/nu7085325
ISSN:
20726643
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Design
Case-Control Study