Increasingly, explicit labels are also overlaid with qualitative assessments relating to the specific components highlighted (e.g. These labels take varied forms, ranging from symbols that provide a global synopsis of a product’s overall healthfulness in summative fashion to those which include explicit details regarding key components commonly associated with health risks when consumed in excess (e.g. As part of this effort, Front of Pack (FOP) nutrition labels are becoming prominent internationally. Given growing rates of obesity and associated increases in health costs, morbidity and mortality, numerous governments world-wide have expressed an interest in reducing obesity rates. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program FDA, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention EFNEP,Įxpanded Food and Nutrition Education Program FFQ, These companies were not involved in any aspect of this study, and the previous funding does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Bix has had previous funding from large food companies, including Kraft Foods and Nestle. Further, Laura Bix, one of the coauthors, has salary support through the Hatch Act (USDA) as a Michigan Ag Bio Station researcher.Ĭompeting interests: Dr. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute or the National Institutes of Health. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are creditedĭata Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.įunding: The project described was supported by Award Number R21CA155818 from the National Cancer Institute. Received: JAccepted: SeptemPublished: October 21, 2015Ĭopyright: © 2015 Bix et al. Citation: Bix L, Sundar RP, Bello NM, Peltier C, Weatherspoon LJ, Becker MW (2015) To See or Not to See: Do Front of Pack Nutrition Labels Affect Attention to Overall Nutrition Information? PLoS ONE 10(10):Įditor: Anderson de Souza Sant'Ana, University of Campinas, BRAZIL

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