News tagged with nutrition information
Nutrient data in time for the new year
Two timely nutrient data sets provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are being used by the beef and pork industries to provide new Nutrition Facts labels for their products. Federal rules ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Why do events seem more important when consumers think about weight?
Toting a heavy item around may cause you to judge an issue to be more important, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. But, interestingly, so does thinking about the concept of weight.
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Nov 15, 2011 |
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New study examines impact of new media on eating habits
A new study by Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the first to analyze how new-media technology, including the Internet and smartphones, are changing college students' eating habits and their relationship to food. ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Can 'organic' labels backfire?
Could organic labels lead you to overeat? These labels certainly appear to make people think their organic snack has a lot fewer calories than it really does.
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Will calorie listings curb our fast-food habits?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Would you turn your back on deep-fried cheese curds if you knew that a single serving packs in 569 calories?
Feb 11, 2010 |
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We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information
People would be willing to pay more for products that carry detailed nutritional information than for the so-called light items. Thus it has been confirmed by researchers from the University of Santiago de ...
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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Study: Lose weight while listening to your MP3 player (w/ Podcast)
(PhysOrg.com) -- With obesity and weight-related illnesses on the rise, researchers continue to look for better ways to help people shed extra pounds and keep them off. A new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study ...
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Consumers more likely to identify healthy food using traffic light nutrition labels
Consumers are five times more likely to identify healthy food when they see colour-coded traffic light nutrition labels than when labels present the information numerically by showing what percentage of the recommended daily ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Full disclosure: People will make healthier choices if restaurants provide nutritional data
As more and more Americans eat meals outside the home, the country also faces an epidemic of obesity. An association between eating out and weight-related diseases has led to demands for nutritional labeling of restaurant ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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