Article: .... A new study found that nutrition label messages are not getting through to many people who lack the reading or math skills needed to decipher them.(YOU SHOULD KNOW....)(Brief article)

Article: MAJOR NEW STUDY SUPPORTS CONTINUED USE OF CURRENT ...
PR Newswire;  June 3, 1992 ;     700+ words ...MAJOR NEW STUDY SUPPORTS CONTINUED USE OF CURRENT NUTRITION LABEL ON PACKAGED FOOD WASHINGTON ... indicate that the current nutrition label design is more effective ... proposed alternative nutrition label formats. "Clearly, the ...

Article: Thompson announces plan to change nutrition label ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  March 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... recommendations, made by a task force of federal nutrition experts, come just days after Thompson announced the findings of a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicting that obesity is expected to soon surpass tobacco as the leading ...

Article: Determinants of nutrition label use among college ...
American Journal of Health Education;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... research was to assess the frequency of nutrition label use among college students and its ... surrey instrument was used to assess nutrition label knowledge, attitudes, behaviors ... given the theoretical link between nutrition label use and improved health, several ...

Article: U. Nebraska experts offer tips for cracking the nutrition ...
University Wire;  November 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... LINCOLN, Neb. -- At first glance, a nutrition label can appear to be like a complex equation ... here are some tips on how to read a nutrition label. First, it's important to start ... point, Scheer said. Next on the nutrition label is calories, which give the body ...

Article: In Comments to FDA, NFPA Opposes Nutrition Label ...
PR Newswire;  June 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... NFPA) opposed both the creation of a nutrition label footnote and the establishment of ... percent Daily Value, or to include a nutrition label footnote or other consumer message ... context for consumers." "Including a nutrition label footnote or other consumer message ...

Article: NFPA URGES FDA AND USDA TO ADOPT UNIFORM NUTRITION ...
PR Newswire;  August 27, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... URGES FDA AND USDA TO ADOPT UNIFORM NUTRITION LABEL FORMAT WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire ... Agriculture must decide on a uniform nutrition label format "to ensure that consumers ... formats contained in FDA's proposal on nutrition label format published in the July 20 Federal ...

Article: Nutrition-label cheating rampant: Conscientious ...
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  June 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Housekeeping Institute, also dabble in nutrition-label testing. During the past decade ... products to see if ingredients match the nutrition label. In the past two years, the agency ... few government entities watch the nutrition-label cheating, says Bruce Silverglade ...