Awareness, understanding and use of sodium information labelled on pre-packaged food in Beijing:a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Nutrition labelling has been mandatory for pre-packaged foods since 2013 in China, and sodium is one of the nutrients required for display on the nutritional information panel (NIP). This study aimed to estimate the awareness, understanding of, and use of sodium labelling information among the population in China. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was carried out in urban Beijing in 2016 on pre-packaged foods. The researchers randomly selected 380 residents from four convenient but disconnected communities and 370 shoppers from four supermarkets owned by different companies and conducted face-to-face interviews. Questions on nutritional knowledge, health attitude, understanding and use of nutritional labels as well as other related factors were assessed. RESULTS:All of the 380 co

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905172 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature