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Research the topic of Nutrition Warning Labels and write down your findings:

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Research the topic of Nutrition Warning Labels and write down your findings:

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Nutrient warning labels are applied to food and drink products that exceed thresholds for various risk nutrients.
For each nutrient exceeded, products are required to carry a stop sign warning.
Nutrient warning labels clearly signal the presence (or absence) of high levels of risk nutrients. In doing so, they are specifically designed to highlight unhealthy choices only.
Advantage: Helpful in identifying foods and beverages that are high in sugar, salt, fat, or calories, and they discourage people from purchasing such products.
Relevance: A nutrient warning policy is a common sense response to rising rates of diet-related disease.
A study done in Jamaica showed the following:" Participants shown products with octagonal warnings were nine times more likely to correctly identify those that were excessive in sugars, saturated fats or sodium, compared to those shown products with nutrition facts up front. Participants shown products with the magnifying glass were 5.8 times more likely to correctly identify products with excess nutrients, and participants shown products with the traffic light were 3.4 times more likely to do so."

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Research the "nutri-score" FOP nutrition labeling system and write down your findings:

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Research the "nutri-score" FOP nutrition labeling system and write down your findings:

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"This formula takes into account the nutrients to avoid (energy value and the amount of sugars, saturated fats and salt) and the positive ones (the amount of fibre, protein, fruit, vegetables and nuts, rapeseed oil, walnut oil and olive oil)."

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Based on these examples, what do you think are the pros and cons of the Nutri-Score system?

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Based on these examples, what do you think are the pros and cons of the Nutri-Score system?

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Pros:
- fast
- easy to understand
- clear, large enough to see easily
- generalizable to majority of the world's populations

Cons:
- includes processed foods
- compares positive vs. negative components, therefore the consumer doesn't have the full picture of just how much of each there is
- per the second example, some food items are not consumed by themselves, so the combinations or serving sizes of foods is not considered
- more interpretive than informative --> some populations may not understand whole picture
- this system does not replace health literacy

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Research the "traffic-light" FOP nutrition labeling system and write down your findings:

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Research the "traffic-light" FOP nutrition labeling system and write down your findings:

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FOP = front-of-pack nutrition labeling
-->  important tool in supporting consumers to better understand the nutrient content of their food and drink
Traffic light FOP nutrition labelling has been relatively less popular and has been introduced by only three countries (the UK, Ecuador and South Korea), only one of which is mandatory (Ecuador)

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Based on these examples, what do you think are the pros and cons of the Traffic Light system?

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Based on these examples, what do you think are the pros and cons of the Traffic Light system?

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Pros:
- easy to understand
- front of package: seen right away,
- inclusion of components "salt" etc. --> more info
- combination of colours & food components

Cons:
- only allows for 4 items
- not compulsory for producers
- not clear when product is really "healthy" (one component red means whole product is unhealthy?) --> more complicated compared to other labels

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Research the "Health Star Rating" FOP nutrition labeling system and write down your findings:

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Research the "Health Star Rating" FOP nutrition labeling system and write down your findings:

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"front-of-pack labelling system developed for use in Australia and New Zealand. It helps shoppers to quickly and easily compare the nutritional profile of similar products typically seen in the same part of the shop. The system provides a rating from ½ to 5 stars – the more stars, the healthier the choice."

"it's an algorithm that takes into account positive aspects like fruit, vegetable, legume and fibre content, and deducts points for ‘negative nutrients’ like energy (read: kilojoules or calories), saturated fat, sodium and sugar. (These negative nutrients are so-called as consuming them in high quantities is associated with undesirable health effects, like heart disease.)"

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Based on these examples, what do you think the pros and cons are of the Health Rating system?

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Based on these examples, what do you think the pros and cons are of the Health Rating system?

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"provide convenient, relevant and readily understood nutrition information and/or guidance on food packs to assist consumers to make informed food purchases and healthier eating choices"

convenient

easy to understand

fits into busy lifestyle

appropriate for people from various backgrounds and levels of health literacy

incentive for manufacturers to reformulate their products to be more nutritious

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Find some examples of Nutrition Warning Labels and post pictures of the label below.

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Find some examples of Nutrition Warning Labels and post pictures of the label below.

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HSR is a voluntary scheme

manufacturers can display good scores on healthier products but can leave poorer scores off less healthy ones

HSR should only be used to compare similar products - not two dissimilar products so more education is needed

HSR is for packaged products only - leaves out fruits and veggies that are not packaged and whole

All sugars are not equal! HSR does not distinguish between natural and added sugar

HSR can be manipulated to reflect what the product is served with, rather than the product alone. This can inflate a product’s score and not give a true reflection of the product itself.

For example: Milo was able to gain a 4.5-star rating based on the serving suggestion of having 2 teaspoons with a tall glass (400mL) of skim milk. While Uncle Toby’s oat products recommend adding chopped fruit and bananas.

algorithm does not take into account the wholegrain content of products. That’s a real shame, as wholegrain foods provide far more nutrients (iron, b vitamins and antioxidants, for example) compared to refined grain products