Immediate effects of the implementation of nutritional warnings in Uruguay: awareness, self-reported use and increased understanding.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effects of nutritional warnings during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry in Uruguay in terms of citizen awareness, self-reported use and ability to understand nutritional information.

Design

The present work encompassed two online studies, conducted before (Study 1) and during the first month after the date of full compliance by the food industry (Study 2). An after-only design was used to assess awareness of the policy, exposure to nutritional warnings on food packages and self-reported use of warnings for making purchase decisions in Study 2. An after-only with control group experimental design was used to assess the effect of nutritional warnings on understanding of nutrition information in Studies 1 and 2.

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SUBMITTER: Ares G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195478 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature