Assessing transnational spillover effects of Mexico's front-of-package nutritional labeling system among Mexican Americans in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In 2020, Mexico implemented innovative front-of-package nutrition warning labels (FoPWLs) for packaged foods to increase the salience and understanding of nutrition information. This study evaluated Mexican Americans' self-reported exposure to Mexican FoPWLs and self-reported effects of FoPWLs on purchasing behavior.

Methods

The 2021 International Food Policy Study surveyed online panels of adult Mexican Americans in the US (n = 3361) to self-report on buying food at Mexican-oriented stores, noticing Mexican FoPWLs, and being influenced by FoPWLs to purchase less of eight different unhealthy foods (each assessed separately). After recoding the frequency of buying foods in Mexican stores and noticing FoPWLs (i.e., "often" or "very often" vs. less often), logistic mo

SUBMITTER: Thrasher JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10929004 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature