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Adolescents'' ability to select healthy food using two different front-of-pack food labels: a cross-over study

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    Identifier: imarina:571758
    Authors:
    Babio, NancyVicent, PalomaLopez, LeonorBenito, AnnaBasulto, JulioSalas-Salvado, Jordi
    Abstract:
    To compare, in adolescents, two models of front-of-pack Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) labels in terms of (i) friendliness and acceptance and (ii) the ability to choose a diet that closely follows the nutritional recommendations.A randomized cross-over study was designed to compare two simplified front-of-pack GDA nutrition labels.A Spanish secondary school.Eighty-one healthy adolescents aged between 14 and 16 years were recruited. Participants were randomly exposed to two experimental non-real food-choice conditions using multiple-traffic-light or monochrome nutritional labels. Participants had to choose options from a closed menu for 5 d on the basis of the experimental front-of-pack labelling. For each meal, three food options with different nutritional compositions were given to the participants. The contents of total energy and fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt of the chosen options were calculated.There were no significant differences in baseline sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics between participants regardless of the experimental condition in which they started. There were no carry-over effects between the experimental sequences. It was observed that when participants used the multiple-traffic-light GDA system they chose significantly less total energy (mean -123·1 (sd 211·0) kJ (-29·4 (sd 50·4) kcal), P < 0·001), sugar (-4·5 (sd 4·6) g, P < 0·001), fat (-2·1 (sd 4·5) g, P = 0·006), saturated fat (-1·0 (sd 1·9) g, P = 0·002) and salt (-0·4 (sd 0·5) g, P < 0·001) than when they used the monochrome GDA system.Compared with the monochrome GDA front-of-pack nutritional label, the multiple-traffic-light system helped adolescents to differentiate between healthier and less healthy food, theoretically making it possible for them to choose a diet closer
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Babio, Nancy; Vicent, Paloma; Lopez, Leonor; Benito, Anna; Basulto, Julio; Salas-Salvado, Jordi
    Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
    URV's Author/s: Babio Sánchez, Nancy Elvira / Salas Salvadó, Jorge
    Keywords: Traffic light Front-of-pack food label Consumer preference Adolescent
    Abstract: To compare, in adolescents, two models of front-of-pack Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) labels in terms of (i) friendliness and acceptance and (ii) the ability to choose a diet that closely follows the nutritional recommendations.A randomized cross-over study was designed to compare two simplified front-of-pack GDA nutrition labels.A Spanish secondary school.Eighty-one healthy adolescents aged between 14 and 16 years were recruited. Participants were randomly exposed to two experimental non-real food-choice conditions using multiple-traffic-light or monochrome nutritional labels. Participants had to choose options from a closed menu for 5 d on the basis of the experimental front-of-pack labelling. For each meal, three food options with different nutritional compositions were given to the participants. The contents of total energy and fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt of the chosen options were calculated.There were no significant differences in baseline sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics between participants regardless of the experimental condition in which they started. There were no carry-over effects between the experimental sequences. It was observed that when participants used the multiple-traffic-light GDA system they chose significantly less total energy (mean -123·1 (sd 211·0) kJ (-29·4 (sd 50·4) kcal), P < 0·001), sugar (-4·5 (sd 4·6) g, P < 0·001), fat (-2·1 (sd 4·5) g, P = 0·006), saturated fat (-1·0 (sd 1·9) g, P = 0·002) and salt (-0·4 (sd 0·5) g, P < 0·001) than when they used the monochrome GDA system.Compared with the monochrome GDA front-of-pack nutritional label, the multiple-traffic-light system helped adolescents to differentiate between healthier and less healthy food, theoretically making it possible for them to choose a diet closer to dietary recommendations.
    Thematic Areas: Sociologia i política Serviço social Saúde coletiva Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar General medicine Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Enfermagem Educação física Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Antropologia / arqueologia
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 13689800
    Author's mail: jordi.salas@urv.cat nancy.babio@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-2700-7459 0000-0003-3527-5277
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-health-nutrition/article/adolescents-ability-to-select-healthy-food-using-two-different-frontofpack-food-labels-a-crossover-study/A749D3745C54DB1498C8D993FF51B97F
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Public Health Nutrition. 17 (6): 1-7
    APA: Babio, Nancy; Vicent, Paloma; Lopez, Leonor; Benito, Anna; Basulto, Julio; Salas-Salvado, Jordi (2014). Adolescents'' ability to select healthy food using two different front-of-pack food labels: a cross-over study. Public Health Nutrition, 17(6), 1-7. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001274
    Article's DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001274
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2014
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Medicine (Miscellaneous),Nutrition & Dietetics,Nutrition and Dietetics,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
    Traffic light
    Front-of-pack food label
    Consumer preference
    Adolescent
    Sociologia i política
    Serviço social
    Saúde coletiva
    Public, environmental & occupational health
    Public health, environmental and occupational health
    Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia
    Odontología
    Nutrition and dietetics
    Nutrition & dietetics
    Nutrição
    Medicine (miscellaneous)
    Medicina veterinaria
    Medicina iii
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Interdisciplinar
    General medicine
    Farmacia
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias iii
    Enfermagem
    Educação física
    Economia
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciência de alimentos
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Antropologia / arqueologia
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