Use and understanding of the nutrition information panel of pre-packaged foods in a sample of Mexican consumers

Cruz-Góngora, Vanessa De la; Villalpando, Salvador; Rodríguez-Oliveros, Guadalupe; Castillo-García, Marcia; Mundo‐Rosas, Verónica; Meneses-Navarro, Sergio

doi:10.1590/s0036-36342012000200012

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“…For example, countries should ensure education to women to improve information-based interventions (i.e. dietary guidelines and nutrition labelling systems should be provided in a single, easy-to-read format that could be used by everyone (32)(33)(34) ), and implement structural interventions that change the environment (i.e. marketing regulation, reformulation, restrictions on unhealthy foods in schools) as these types of interventions are more likely to benefit all social groups equally (35) .…”

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Malnutrition in all its forms by wealth, education and ethnicity in Latin America: who are more affected?

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Mazariegos

Martorell

et al. 2020

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective:To summarise the findings from this supplemental issue on the distribution of malnutrition (stunting/short stature, anaemia and overweight) by wealth, education and ethnicity within and between ten Latin American countries.Design:We retrieved information from each country’s article and estimated the average difference in the prevalence of malnutrition between groups. We estimated the associations between countries’ malnutrition prevalence and GDP, percentage of women with high education and percentage of non-indigenous ethnicity.Setting:Nationally representative surveys from ten Latin American countries conducted between 2005 and 2017.Participants:Children (<5 years), adolescent women (11–19 years) and adult women (20–49 years).Results:Socially disadvantaged groups (low wealth, low education and indigenous ethnicity) had on average 15–21 (range across indicators and age groups) percentage points (pp) higher prevalence of stunting/short stature and 3–11 pp higher prevalence of anaemia. For overweight or obesity, adult women with low education had a 17 pp higher prevalence; differences were small among children <5 years, and results varied by country for adolescents by education, and for adults and adolescents by wealth and ethnicity. A moderate and strong correlation (–0·58 and –0·71) was only found between stunting/short stature prevalence and countries’ GDP per capita and percentage of non-indigenous households.Conclusions:Overweight was equally distributed among children; findings were mixed for ethnicity and wealth, whereas education was a protective factor among adult women. There is an urgent need to address the deep inequalities in undernutrition and prevent the emerging inequalities in excess weight from developing further.

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Malnutrition in all its forms by wealth, education and ethnicity in Latin America: who are more affected?

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Mazariegos

Martorell

et al. 2020

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“…Currently, community residents, college students or the elderly have been most frequently used as research subjects in most of the reports on nutrition labelling (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22) , whereas there are few studies in which students' parents have been included (23,24) . The phenomenon of eating prepackaged snacks by Chinese primary-and secondaryschool students is widespread.…”

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A cross-sectional survey of nutrition labelling use and its associated factors on parents of school students in Shanghai, China

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Chen

et al. 2018

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Parents' knowledge and use of nutrition labelling are still at a lower level, and some information included in the nutrition labels is not understood by parents. The forms of the existing nutrition labelling need to be continuously improved to facilitate their understanding and usefulness. It is necessary to establish nutrition projects focusing on education and use of nutrition labels which help parents and their children make the right choices in selecting foods.

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“…Several studies were combined in order to build, test and validate the nutritional label scale we propose in this paper. In-depth interviews were conducted with both consumers (6) and experts (3) in qualitative research on uses and attitudes. A sample of 185 adults and undergraduate students answered the questionnaires that allow us to validate the scale.…”

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“…Therefore, it is unclear to what extent the findings of these studies apply to jurisdictions with different legal and cultural contexts. 4 Studies in the context of Spanish speaking populations are scarce, with the exception of studies on nutrition literacy and healthy food choices among Latinos, 11,12 Mexicans, 3,13 and Spaniards. [14][15][16] Nutrition labels are a health policy tool; as such, they are bound by legal considerations unique to every country.…”

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Development of a scale of use, comprehension and attitudes in relation to nutrition labels in Spanish

2018

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Objective. To describe the development of a reliable and valid measure of attitudes toward, and use and comprehension of nutritional labels in Spanish speaking countries. Materials and methods. The dimensions encompassed in this instrument are attitudes, comprehension and use, combining self-reports and objective measures of nutrition knowledge. Content validity, item analysis, repeat and internal reliability, and convergent and divergent validity were assessed in a pooled sample of 185 individuals. Results. Cronbach alpha coefficients (above 0.9) exhibit internal consistency. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the scale show good properties for convergent and divergent validity. Conclusion. The final 25-item scale is a valid and reliable measure of use, comprehension and attitude towards nutrition labels for Spanish speaking populations.

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Use and understanding of the nutrition information panel of pre-packaged foods in a sample of Mexican consumers

Abstract: Use and understanding of the nutrition information panel of prepackaged foods in a sample of Mexican consumers.

Cited by 25 publications

References 21 publications

Malnutrition in all its forms by wealth, education and ethnicity in Latin America: who are more affected?

Malnutrition in all its forms by wealth, education and ethnicity in Latin America: who are more affected?

A cross-sectional survey of nutrition labelling use and its associated factors on parents of school students in Shanghai, China

Development of a scale of use, comprehension and attitudes in relation to nutrition labels in Spanish

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