Using the Nutrition Facts Label to Make Food Choices Is Associated with Healthier Eating among 8th and 11th-Grade Students: An Analysis of Statewide Representative Data from the 2019–2020 Texas School Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey

Using the Nutrition Facts Label to Make Food Choices Is Associated with Healthier Eating among 8th and 11th-Grade Students: An Analysis of Statewide Representative Data from the 2019–2020 Texas School Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey

Background: Nutrition labels are a tool to inform and encourage the public to make healthier food choices, but little information is available about use in multi-ethnic adolescent populations in the U.S. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between the level of nutrition label usage...

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Main Authors: Christopher D. Pfledderer, Nalini Ranjit, Adriana Pérez, Raja I. Malkani, Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes, Ethan T. Hunt, Carolyn L. Smith, Deanna M. Hoelscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Nutrients
Subjects:
nutrition
nutrition facts
food labels
healthy usingeating
adolescents
Texas SPAN
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/2/311

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