Use and understanding of the nutrition information panel of pre-packaged foods in a sample of Mexican consumers Uso y comprensión del etiquetado nutrimental posterior de los alimentos pre-empaquetados en una muestra de consumidores mexicanos

Use and understanding of the nutrition information panel of pre-packaged foods in a sample of Mexican consumers Uso y comprensión del etiquetado nutrimental posterior de los alimentos pre-empaquetados en una muestra de consumidores mexicanos

OBJECTIVE: To assess the use and understanding of the Nutritional information Panel (NIP) of pre-packaged foods by Mexican consumers. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire and an understanding test for NIP were applied to adult consumers in supermarkets of six cities in the Northern, Central, and S...

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Main Authors: Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora, Salvador Villalpando, Guadalupe Rodríguez-Oliveros, Marcia Castillo-García, Verónica Mundo-Rosas, Sergio Meneses-Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2012-04-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
consumidores
etiquetado de alimentos
México
consumers
food labeling
Mexico
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342012000200012

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