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Facts Behind Nutrition Labels
Recently, a study into nutrition labels in the United States seems to show that food labeling in restaurants are not looked upon favorably. The research conducted by the university of Vermont suggested:
Other information from the study suggested:
Why are nutrition labels important? When dieting, nutrition labels provide an understanding of a partcicular foods calorie density. Apart from this, nutrition labels are a fantastic measure of the amount of protein, fat and carbohydrate content provided in foods. With the Western world population facing an obesity epidemic (the study points to 64 percent of US adults overweight, with 30 percent obese), less people are reading nutrition food labels.
I'm quite disturbed at the statistics from the study above. I feel as a fitness instructor or personal trainer, more emphasis needs to be made in regards to educating clients on the need for detailed analysis of food labels especially with a 30 year analysis showing that food being consumed outside the home has arisen from 18 percent to 32 percent. McDonald's in Australia have added nutrition food labels to all their popular lines of food as a result of public backlash into the rise of obesity in young children in Australia.
If I can recall, some studies previously uncovered that Australia ranked second in the world for obesity. Nothing beats a healthy home cooked meal. But there also must be some stringent policies whereby restaurants also provide nutrition food ratings for their meals, especially for diet conscious people.
"It appears that a large portion of the population isn't interested in having
[nutritional information],"
Other information from the study suggested:
"Fifty-two percent of college students and 33 percent of community participants
indicated that they do not read nutritional facts."
Why are nutrition labels important? When dieting, nutrition labels provide an understanding of a partcicular foods calorie density. Apart from this, nutrition labels are a fantastic measure of the amount of protein, fat and carbohydrate content provided in foods. With the Western world population facing an obesity epidemic (the study points to 64 percent of US adults overweight, with 30 percent obese), less people are reading nutrition food labels.
I'm quite disturbed at the statistics from the study above. I feel as a fitness instructor or personal trainer, more emphasis needs to be made in regards to educating clients on the need for detailed analysis of food labels especially with a 30 year analysis showing that food being consumed outside the home has arisen from 18 percent to 32 percent. McDonald's in Australia have added nutrition food labels to all their popular lines of food as a result of public backlash into the rise of obesity in young children in Australia.
If I can recall, some studies previously uncovered that Australia ranked second in the world for obesity. Nothing beats a healthy home cooked meal. But there also must be some stringent policies whereby restaurants also provide nutrition food ratings for their meals, especially for diet conscious people.
posted by John S # 9:22 PM 
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