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Article: Food label changes eating habits. (results of a survey shows that people improved their eating habits because of information supplied on the new label)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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The new food label is turning a few heads--and, apparently, changing a few eating habits.
A survey of about 1,000 adult consumers last summer found that 44 percent had seen the new food label. A little more than half of those who had seen it said the label had changed their decision to buy or use a food for the first time, while more than one-fourth said it had led them to stop buying or using a food they regularly used.
Almost 70 percent cited fat content as the reason for the changes. The next most common reason, cited by about 20 percent, was sodium content.
The survey was conducted by Parkwood Research Associates for Prevention Magazine and Cable ...