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Potential effect of different nutritional labels on food choices among mothers: a study protocol

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in the world. Healthy food choice and adequate physical activity are key factors in preventing NCDs. Food labeling is a strategy that can inform consumers to choose healthier foods at the point of purchase. In this study, w...

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Autores principales: Seyedhamzeh, Shirin, Nedjat, Saharnaz, Hosseini, Hedayat, Shakibazedeh, Elham, Viera, Anthony J., Dorosty Motlagh, Ahmadreza
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7059293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32138775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8411-8
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author Seyedhamzeh, Shirin
Nedjat, Saharnaz
Hosseini, Hedayat
Shakibazedeh, Elham
Viera, Anthony J.
Dorosty Motlagh, Ahmadreza
author_facet Seyedhamzeh, Shirin
Nedjat, Saharnaz
Hosseini, Hedayat
Shakibazedeh, Elham
Viera, Anthony J.
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description BACKGROUND: The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in the world. Healthy food choice and adequate physical activity are key factors in preventing NCDs. Food labeling is a strategy that can inform consumers to choose healthier foods at the point of purchase. In this study, we intend to examine the status of existing labels and to clarify their strengths and weaknesses. Then, for the first time in Iran, we will design a type of physical activity equivalent calorie label and will test it on some food groups of packaged products including dairy products, sweetened beverages, cakes, and biscuits. METHODS: This study will be conducted in two phases. In phase 1, nutrition fact labels and traffic light labels will be assessed through focus group discussions and interviews among different groups of mothers, industrialists and nutrition and food industry specialists as to determine strengths and weaknesses of the current labels on packaged products. Then, the initial layout of the physical activity calorie equivalent label will be drawn with respect to the viewpoints received from mothers. Thereafter, we will include the scientific opinions to it for creating the first draft of our new label. In phase 2, a total of 500 mothers of students 6–12 years old randomly assigned to five groups. The study groups will be as follows: (1) without nutrition label group, (2) current traffic light label group, (3) current traffic light label group in which, a brochure will be used to inform mothers, (4) physical activity calorie equivalent label group, and (5) physical activity calorie equivalent label group in which a brochure will be used to inform mothers. Some samples of dairy products, beverages, cakes, and biscuits will be presented. ANOVA and multiple linear regressions will be used to examine the association between the label type and the main consequence (energy of the selected products) and secondary outcome (time). DISCUSSION: The effect of the new food labels will be evaluated based on the differences between the calories of selected food groups. TRIAL REGISTERATION: Iranian Registery of Clinical Trials [IRCT]20,181,002,041,201 N1.
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spelling pubmed-70592932020-03-12 Potential effect of different nutritional labels on food choices among mothers: a study protocol Seyedhamzeh, Shirin Nedjat, Saharnaz Hosseini, Hedayat Shakibazedeh, Elham Viera, Anthony J. Dorosty Motlagh, Ahmadreza BMC Public Health Study Protocol BACKGROUND: The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in the world. Healthy food choice and adequate physical activity are key factors in preventing NCDs. Food labeling is a strategy that can inform consumers to choose healthier foods at the point of purchase. In this study, we intend to examine the status of existing labels and to clarify their strengths and weaknesses. Then, for the first time in Iran, we will design a type of physical activity equivalent calorie label and will test it on some food groups of packaged products including dairy products, sweetened beverages, cakes, and biscuits. METHODS: This study will be conducted in two phases. In phase 1, nutrition fact labels and traffic light labels will be assessed through focus group discussions and interviews among different groups of mothers, industrialists and nutrition and food industry specialists as to determine strengths and weaknesses of the current labels on packaged products. Then, the initial layout of the physical activity calorie equivalent label will be drawn with respect to the viewpoints received from mothers. Thereafter, we will include the scientific opinions to it for creating the first draft of our new label. In phase 2, a total of 500 mothers of students 6–12 years old randomly assigned to five groups. The study groups will be as follows: (1) without nutrition label group, (2) current traffic light label group, (3) current traffic light label group in which, a brochure will be used to inform mothers, (4) physical activity calorie equivalent label group, and (5) physical activity calorie equivalent label group in which a brochure will be used to inform mothers. Some samples of dairy products, beverages, cakes, and biscuits will be presented. ANOVA and multiple linear regressions will be used to examine the association between the label type and the main consequence (energy of the selected products) and secondary outcome (time). DISCUSSION: The effect of the new food labels will be evaluated based on the differences between the calories of selected food groups. TRIAL REGISTERATION: Iranian Registery of Clinical Trials [IRCT]20,181,002,041,201 N1. BioMed Central 2020-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7059293/ /pubmed/32138775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8411-8 Text en © The Author(s). 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Viera, Anthony J.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7059293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32138775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8411-8
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