| Knowledge of nutrition labelling in general population. Assessment surveys conducted in La Paz University Hospital in Madrid during the 9th "National Nutrition Day 2010" | |
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PMID: 21519735 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Introduction: Nutrition labelling (NL) provides information on the energy and nutrients in a food and it represents a valuable tool to help consumers make informed decisions about their diet and lifestyle. However, little is known about how consumers perceive the nutrition labelling information. Objectives: Evaluate the knowledge of NL of a population survey and examine aspects such as attention, reading, understanding and utility. Material and methods: 200 volunteers were interviewed about NL on National Nutrition Day (NND) on May 28, 2010 at the La Paz University Hospital in Madrid. The questionnaire was self-administered and this contained 10 closed multiple choice questions. Results: The surveyed group (66.7% women and 33.3% men) had a mean age of 42.0 ± 15 years and a BMI of 24.1 ± 3.8 kg/m². A percentage of 86.5% had completed secondary and higher education. The concept about NL was knocked by 77.1% of them. This percentage was significantly higher according to the level of their studies (primary 7.1%, secondary 32.1% and higher studies 60,9%; p < 0,0001) and also regarding the age range (42.3% vs. 25% of over that 50, p < 0.05). 73.8% always or almost always readied NL; 67.7% of those who declared that always readied were women and 71% had higher education. 53.8% of people over 50 years were not capable of reading labels due to the small letters. The most interesting information for the consumers was: calories (61%), fats (39%) and cholesterol (25.7%). Nutritional concepts questions had a low percentage of right answers, especially in volunteers with lower level of education and among older age groups. Conclusions: Results show that consumers have a low level of nutrition information that would enable a better choice to purchase food. Nutrition education is needed should be necessary to NL had a significant impact on the foods election. Therefore, this fact could contribute to the maintenance of health and disease prevention. |
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V Loria Kohen; A Pérez Torres; C Fernández Fernández; M Villarino Sanz; D Rodríguez Durán; L Zurita Rosa; L Bermejo López; C Gómez Candela |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Nutricion hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Nutricion Parenteral y Enteral Volume: 26 ISSN: 1699-5198 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-4-26 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9100365 Medline TA: Nutr Hosp Country: - |
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Languages: SPA Pagination: 97-106 Citation Subset: - |
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Unidad de Nutrición Clínica y Dietética, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. |
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Análisis de las encuestas sobre etiquetado nutricional realizadas en el Hospital La Paz de Madrid durante la 9ª edición del "Día Nacional de la Nutrición (DNN) 2010" |
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