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Front-Of-Pack Food Labelling: Traffic Light Labelling Gets The Green Light, B Kelly, C Hughes, K Chapman, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie, H Dixon, L King Nov 2012

Front-Of-Pack Food Labelling: Traffic Light Labelling Gets The Green Light, B Kelly, C Hughes, K Chapman, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie, H Dixon, L King

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Front-Of-Pack Food Labelling: Traffic Light Labelling Gets The Green Light , Bridget Kelly, Clare Hughes, Kathy Chapman, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie, Helen Dixon, Jennifer Crawford, Lesley King, Mike Daube, Terry Slevin Nov 2012

Front-Of-Pack Food Labelling: Traffic Light Labelling Gets The Green Light , Bridget Kelly, Clare Hughes, Kathy Chapman, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie, Helen Dixon, Jennifer Crawford, Lesley King, Mike Daube, Terry Slevin

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The placement of nutrition information on the front of food packages has been proposed as a method of providing simplified and visible nutrition information. This study aimed to determine the most acceptable and effective front-of-pack food labelling system for Australian consumers. Consumers' preferences and ability to compare the healthiness of mock food products were assessed for different front-of-pack labelling systems. Four systems were tested, including two variations of the Percentage Daily Intake (%DI) system (Monochrome %DI and Colour-Coded %DI), which display the proportion of daily nutrient contribution that a serve of food provides; and two variations of the Traffic Light …


Poor Food And Nutrient Intake Among Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Rural Australian Children, Josephine D. Gwynn, Victoria M. Flood, Catherine A. D'Este, John R. Attia, Nicole Turner, Janine Cochrane, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie, John H. Wiggers Nov 2012

Poor Food And Nutrient Intake Among Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Rural Australian Children, Josephine D. Gwynn, Victoria M. Flood, Catherine A. D'Este, John R. Attia, Nicole Turner, Janine Cochrane, Jimmy Chun Yu Louie, John H. Wiggers

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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to describe the food and nutrient intake of a population of rural Australian children particularly Indigenous children. Participants were aged 10 to 12 years, and living in areas of relative socio-economic disadvantage on the north coast of New South Wales. METHODS: In this descriptive cross-sectional study 215 children with a mean age of 11.30 (SD 0.04) years (including 82 Indigenous children and 93 boys) completed three 24-hour food recalls (including 1 weekend day), over an average of two weeks in the Australian summer of late 2005. RESULTS: A high proportion of children consumed …