News tagged with nutrition label

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 ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Georgia Tech proposes Internet consumer nutrition label

When it comes to broadband speeds, U.S. Internet service providers (ISPs) largely deliver on their promises, says a report issued today by the Federal Communications Commission, but "throughput" is only one of several metrics ...

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Mandatory menu labeling didn't change behavior at 1 fast food chain

An effort in King County, Washington, to add nutrition facts labeling to fast food menus had no effect on consumer behavior in its first year.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Do synthetic food colors cause hyperactivity?

Food coloring is the reason glace cherries are red rather than beige and that children's tongues sometimes appear freakishly blue. But man-made dyes may do more than make processed food look vibrant and whimsical. Some blame ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Nutritional labeling and point-of-purchase signs influence healthy food choices

Poor diet and physical inactivity leading to obesity are poised to overtake tobacco use as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. With over 30% of U.S. adults obese, the significant adverse health effects ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Organic food can sabotage diet and weight-loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- While organic food may contain fewer, if any, pesticides and additives, consumers mistakenly believe it also has fewer calories, say researchers at the University of Michigan.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Canadians finding it tough to shake the salt habit

Canadians know that too much salt isn't good for their diets, but half still continue to shake it on, according to a new study by University of Alberta researchers.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Green production guidelines give 'road map' for new administration

With good directions, anyone can find the right path. That's what George Mason University Professor Nicole Darnall is hoping with her new report that gives clear guidelines on how the government can help businesses ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can't judge food by its label

Advanced kidney disease patients have a list of foods they know to avoid because they naturally contain a high level of the mineral phosphorus, which is difficult for their compromised kidneys to expel. But researchers from ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0