Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings
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Date
2013
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Wiley
Abstract
Food labelling on food packaging has the potential to have both
positive and negative effects on diets. Monitoring different
aspects of food labelling would help to identify priority policy
options to help people make healthier food choices. A taxonomy
of the elements of health-related food labelling is proposed. A
systematic review of studies that assessed the nature and extent of
health-related food labelling has been conducted to identify
approaches to monitoring food labelling. A step-wise approach
has been developed for independently assessing the nature and
extent of health-related food labelling in different countries and
over time. Procedures for sampling the food supply, and collecting
and analysing data are proposed, as well as quantifiable
measurement indicators and benchmarks for health-related food
labelling.
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Keywords
Food environments, Food labelling, INFORMAS, Monitoring
Citation
Rayner, M. et al. (2013). Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings. Obesity Review, 14(Suppl. 1): 70-81