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Adolescents'' ability to select healthy food using two different front-of-pack food labels: a cross-over study - imarina:571758

URV's Author/s:Babio Sánchez, Nancy Elvira / Salas Salvadó, Jorge
Author, as appears in the article.:Babio, Nancy; Vicent, Paloma; Lopez, Leonor; Benito, Anna; Basulto, Julio; Salas-Salvado, Jordi
Author's mail:jordi.salas@urv.cat
nancy.babio@urv.cat
Author identifier:0000-0003-2700-7459
0000-0003-3527-5277
Journal publication year:2014
Publication Type:Journal Publications
ISSN:13689800
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
Papper original source:Public Health Nutrition. 17 (6): 1-7
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.
Article's DOI:10.1017/S1368980013001274
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
Papper version:info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
licence for use:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Department:Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
Licence document URL:https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
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
Keywords:Traffic light
Front-of-pack food label
Consumer preference
Adolescent
Entity:Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Record's date:2024-09-07
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