News tagged with nutrition label
Trying to eat healthy? Read those nutrition labels carefully
People who made New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier or lose weight might also want to brush up on their math skills.
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Making healthy choices easy for shoppers
FoodSwitch, an Australian-first iPhone app, has been launched recently to help shoppers make healthier food choices in the supermarket and reduce high levels of fat, salt and sugar from their diets.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Nutrient data in time for the new year
Two timely nutrient data sets provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are being used by the beef and pork industries to provide new Nutrition Facts labels for their products. Federal rules ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Consumers don't pay as much attention to nutrition fact labels as they think
Nutrition Facts labels have been used for decades on many food products. Are these labels read in detail by consumers when making purchases? Do people read only certain portions of the labels? According to a new study published ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Report: Food labels need Energy Star-like ratings
Just like that Energy Star tag helps you choose your appliances, a new report says a rating symbol on the front of every soup can, cereal box and yogurt container could help hurried shoppers go home with the healthiest foods.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Time to reboot thinking on trans fats -- natural trans fats from dairy and beef are good
Not all trans fats are created equal and it's time for a change in nutrition labels in North America to reflect this, particularly when it comes to dairy and beef products.
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Georgia Tech proposes Internet consumer nutrition label
When it comes to broadband speeds, U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs) largely deliver on their promises, says a report issued today by the Federal Communications Commission, but "throughput" is only one of several metrics ...
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Mandatory menu labeling didn't change behavior at 1 fast food chain
An effort in King County, Washington, to add nutrition facts labeling to fast food menus had no effect on consumer behavior in its first year.
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Do synthetic food colors cause hyperactivity?
Food coloring is the reason glace cherries are red rather than beige and that children's tongues sometimes appear freakishly blue. But man-made dyes may do more than make processed food look vibrant and whimsical. Some blame ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Nutritional labeling and point-of-purchase signs influence healthy food choices
Poor diet and physical inactivity leading to obesity are poised to overtake tobacco use as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. With over 30% of U.S. adults obese, the significant adverse health effects ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Organic food can sabotage diet and weight-loss
(PhysOrg.com) -- While organic food may contain fewer, if any, pesticides and additives, consumers mistakenly believe it also has fewer calories, say researchers at the University of Michigan.
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Canadians finding it tough to shake the salt habit
Canadians know that too much salt isn't good for their diets, but half still continue to shake it on, according to a new study by University of Alberta researchers.
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Green production guidelines give 'road map' for new administration
With good directions, anyone can find the right path. That's what George Mason University Professor Nicole Darnall is hoping with her new report that gives clear guidelines on how the government can help businesses ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Consumers more likely to identify healthy food using traffic light nutrition labels
Consumers are five times more likely to identify healthy food when they see colour-coded traffic light nutrition labels than when labels present the information numerically by showing what percentage of the recommended daily ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Can't judge food by its label
Advanced kidney disease patients have a list of foods they know to avoid because they naturally contain a high level of the mineral phosphorus, which is difficult for their compromised kidneys to expel. But researchers from ...
Feb 10, 2009 |
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