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Year
2014
Language
English
Title
Nutrition Labelling: Comprehension and Use of Nutrition Facts Tables among Young People in Canada
Introduction/Purpose
Dietary patterns are associated with nutrition-related chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
Poor dietary patterns among adolescents and young adults in Canada
Objective(s)/Process or Summary of Content
To investigate if and how young people in Canada comprehend and use serving size and %DV information on the current and modified NFts when choosing and comparing foods.
Conclusions(s)/Recommendations
Standard serving sizes across similar products can support food choices and more prescriptive information leaves less for interpretation and places information into context.

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