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Green production guidelines give 'road map' for new administration
Sep 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
Can't judge food by its label
Feb 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Nutrition labels for alcohol proposed
Aug 01, 2007 |
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A proposed federal regulation would make nutrition labels mandatory on all beer, wine and other alcohol sold in the United States.
Consumers more likely to identify healthy food using traffic light nutrition labels
May 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
Less is more for label readers, research shows
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Apparently, most grocery-store goers shop for what they don’t want. Of course, they don’t want calories. But what about looking for the good stuff — the vitamins, nutrients, and other goodies listed on the ...
Report: 'Healthy' food not so healthy
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Heat-and-eat meals in British supermarkets with labels promising healthy food often contain large quantities of fat, nutritionists say.
How about dessert?
May 30, 2008 |
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People with highly developed emotional sensibilities are better at making product choices, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Prescription labels geared toward pharmacies, not patients
Sep 11, 2007 |
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The labels on most prescription drug containers highlight the pharmacy’s name or logo rather than instructions on how to take the medication, reports a new study in the September 10 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Canadians finding it tough to shake the salt habit
Nov 17, 2009 |
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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.
Industry backs off food labels after FDA criticism
Oct 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A food industry group is voluntarily halting promotion of its nutrition labeling program after federal regulators said such systems may be misleading consumers, officials with the group said Friday.
New labels might decrease overall demand for milk
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent increases in organic and hormone-free milk labeling might negatively affect sales of milk without such labels, and could lead to a decreased demand for all milk types, according to a new economic study ...
News coverage of trans fat prompts shoppers to avoid certain products
Apr 20, 2009 |
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News coverage about the harmful effects of trans fat, combined with labeling information, may influence consumers' short-term purchases of foods high in trans fat, but is not enough to prompt shoppers to avoid these potentially ...
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