What is it about?
New proposals for the Nutrition Facts Panel by the FDA do not produce more accurate judgments of nutrition.
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Why is it important?
This work provides an empirical analysis of the possible effectiveness of altering the current NFP label. The study shows that the proposed changes would not improve judgment accuracy when this is measured in reference to an objective standard of nutrition.
Perspectives
This work is unique in introducing a psychological framework for understanding judgment and choices within the nutrition context. In addition to comparing the effectiveness of new proposed changes to the Nutrition Facts Panel, the study uses an objective measure of food nutrition, NuVal®, to define a metric for accuracy. This goes beyond the examination of effectiveness of nutrition labels from relying simply on self-report usage, or relying on general measures of understanding which do not reflect nutrition evaluation.
Dr Claudia González-Vallejo
Ohio University
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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of breakfast cereals with the current nutrition facts panel (NFP) and the Food and Drug Administration’s NFP proposal, Public Health Nutrition, April 2015, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980015001287.
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