Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings
Authors
M Rayner, University of Oxford
A Wood, University of Auckland
Mark Lawrence, Deakin University
C N. Mhurchu, University of Auckland
J Albert, Food And Agriculture Organization
S Barquera, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Sharon Friel, Australian National University
C Hawkes, World Cancer Research Fund International, London
Bridget Kelly, University of WollongongFollow
S Kumanyika, University of Pennsylvania
M L'Abbe, University of Toronto
A Lee, Queensland University of Technology
T Lobstein, Curtin University
J Ma, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
J Macmullan, Consumers International, London
S Mohan, Public Health Foundation of India
C Monteiro, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Bruce Neal, University of SydneyFollow
G Sacks, Deakin University
D Sanders, University of the Western Cape
W Snowdon, Deakin University
Boyd A. Swinburn, University of Auckland
S Vandevijvere, University of Auckland
C Walker, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Switzerland
Abstract
Food labelling on food packaging has the potential to have both positive and negative effects on diets. Monitoring different aspects of food labelling would help to identify priority policy options to help people make healthier food choices. A taxonomy of the elements of health-related food labelling is proposed. A systematic review of studies that assessed the nature and extent of health-related food labelling has been conducted to identify approaches to monitoring food labelling. A step-wise approach has been developed for independently assessing the nature and extent of health-related food labelling in different countries and over time. Procedures for sampling the food supply, and collecting and analysing data are proposed, as well as quantifiable measurement indicators and benchmarks for health-related food labelling.
Publication Details
Rayner, M., Wood, A., Lawrence, M., Mhurchu, C. N., Albert, J., Barquera, S., Friel, S., Hawkes, C., Kelly, B., Kumanyika, S., L'Abbe, M., Lee, A., Lobstein, T., Ma, J., Macmullan, J., Mohan, S., Monteiro, C., Neal, B., Sacks, G., Sanders, D., Snowdon, W., Swinburn, B., Vandevijvere, S. & Walker, C. (2013). Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings. Obesity Reviews, 14 (Suppl. S1), 70-81.