http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. With nearly 400,000 items in every grocery store (Food Marketing Institute), there are hundreds of different ways a packaged food can be labeled. Editor A. Elizabeth Sloan gathers statistics about what language on food labels consumers are looking for in the May 2013 issue of Food Technology magazine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-what-stands-out-on-a.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 06:50:01 EST news287731745 (AP)—Coca-Cola says it will work to make lower-calorie drinks and clear nutrition information more widely available around the world, intensifying a push against critics who say its drinks pack on the pounds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-coke-anti-obesity-campaign-global.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 08 May 2013 11:09:03 EST news287230135 The Nutrition Facts label was introduced 20 years ago and provides consumers with important information, including: the serving size, the number of servings in the package, the number of calories per serving, and the amount of nutrients for each serving of a packaged food. However, research has shown that consumers often miscalculate the number of calories and the nutritional content of products that have two or more servings per container but are usually consumed in a single eating occasion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-nutrition-consumers-food-choices.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:01 EST news278098523 The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys revealed that over 21% of children 2 to 5 years old were considered overweight or obese. Child care settings can serve as a platform to teach children about nutrition in our fight against childhood obesity, as nearly 50% of children in the United States under age 5 are enrolled in child care. In a new study released in the November/December 2012 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, training child care providers about their role in children's healthful eating is an essential component of child care-based obesity prevention initiatives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-highlights-child-solution-childhood-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:47:02 EST news271612012 First they began offering salad, then they added fruit. On Wednesday, McDonald's announced it would put something else on its menu to help customers watching their waistlines: calorie counts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-mcdonald-calories-menu.html Health Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:42:07 EST news266690521 (Medical Xpress) -- A Europe-wide project led by the University of Reading to assess the effect of policies encouraging healthier eating has found that much more work still needs to be done for these to be successful. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-policies-healthier-european-diet-effective.html Health Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:05:49 EST news239011538 Nutrition Facts labels have been used for decades on many food products. Are these labels read in detail by consumers when making purchases? Do people read only certain portions of the labels? According to a new study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, consumers' self-reported viewing of Nutrition Facts label components was higher than objectively measured viewing using an eye-tracking device. Researchers also determined that centrally located Nutrition Facts labels are viewed more frequently and for longer than those located peripherally. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-consumers-dont-attention-nutrition-fact.html Health Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:14:30 EST news238648447 Just like that Energy Star tag helps you choose your appliances, a new report says a rating symbol on the front of every soup can, cereal box and yogurt container could help hurried shoppers go home with the healthiest foods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-food-energy-star-like.html Health Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:19:08 EST news238335540 Around a sixth of fast food customers used calorie information and, on average, bought food with lower calories since the introduction of a labelling system in the US, says a new study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-fast-food-customers-calories-food-introduction.html Health Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:30:04 EST news230919190 While the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service now seeks to provide nutrition information for 40 of the most popular meat and poultry products, an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences suggests that the revised rule still leaves some questions unanswered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-meat-labeling-standardize-nutritional.html Health Wed, 04 May 2011 07:00:21 EST news223711190