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Traffic Light Labeling - 0 views

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    This source talks about the traffic light labeling used int he UK and Australia. This source is very crucial to my research because it explains the traffic light labeling and that is a large part of my paper. Also it gets consumer reactions to the system and that will be essential to my paper as well. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=34776317&site=ehost-live
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Consumers under 30 tune out nutrition labels, report says - 0 views

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    Todd and Variyum research the use of nutritional labels. This study finds that numbers have gone done from 1995 to 2006, in how many people read the nutritional facts labels on foods. They concluded that the majority of this decrease was from people 30 and younger. This source was very valid becuase it comes from the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and has reputable sources.
Cat Rose

Nutrition Facts: Reading the food label - MayoClinic.com - 0 views

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    not necessarily an article but it is a guide to help you read the nutrition facts. I wanted to bookmark this so that I could refer to it at sometime possibly, and others may be interested to see it.
Cat Rose

New Zealand nutrition labels - 0 views

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    Signal and team explore New Zealand and the low-income inhibiters. This study used focus groups to question 158 shoppers. They concluded that many did not have time to read the labels or did not have the understanding to do so. This study was well organized and had useful conclusions. Also its background was informative, and the study itself added that people of New Zealand lack education to read the nutrition labels, it is not just in the US.
Cat Rose

EJC - Improving food purchasing choices through increased understanding of food labels,... - 0 views

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    This article was a study done to test weather random participants would shop healthier after given education on reading labels. The results showed increases in three of the nine food groups but untimately the increases were not significant enough to conclude anything. This study was short but had references so it is reputable.
Cat Rose

JSTOR: The Journal of MarketingVol. 66, No. 3 (Jul., 2002), pp. 112-127 - 0 views

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    This source was an article about the Nutrtion Labeling and Education Act. This act was passed in the 1990s. The article addresses the background and purpose of the act and how it changed food packaging. The study itself is done in three parts evalating field study, lab study, and longitudinal data. This article was very informative as far as the field study. They observed and questioned grocery shoppers. The information was from 2002, so it is slightly dated.
Cat Rose

EBSCOhost: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Label Use among College Students - 0 views

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    This article was a study that examined nutritional education, label reading behavior, and compared these answers with age, sex, education level. The study was aimed to test label reading in correlation to previous nutritional education and knowledge level. This source had good statistics in the introduction. The paper may have been alittle off my topic but did have useful conslusions on to who reads the nutrtional labels. The test was mostly women, undergraduates, and nonsmokers, so may have been bias in people being studied.
Cat Rose

EBSCOhost: A comparison of four dietary assessment methods in materially deprived hous... - 0 views

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    Study done on mostly white UK households aimed to achieve three goals. Compares three dietary survey mehtods and identifies which method is valid and acceptable in the UK households. This source helps vilidify surveys. It is slightly off from my focus topic but is helpful in confirming certain other tests.
Cat Rose

Fast food shake up CQ - 0 views

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    This article talks about fast food and its impact on this generation. It involves McDonald's legal battles with people becoming obese. This article has insite the obesity issue, that will be helpful to my paper. The outlook had good percentages to age to college kids consuming fast food.
Cat Rose

To Read or Not To Read EBSCO - 0 views

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    This article focuses the decline in reading in this generation. It is a very general topic of literacy and does not focus on nutrition at all. It is useful to me for statistics. It has great percentages I can use to support many of the points I want to make. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=35041956&site=ehost-live
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A comparison of four dietary assessment methods in materially deprived hous... - 0 views

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    This study done by Holmes and others focused on mostly white UK households aimed to achieve goals. It compares three dietary survey methods and identifies which method is valid and acceptable in the UK households. This source of research that shows surveys work. It is slightly off from my focus topic but is helpful in confirming certain other tests. The fact that it is done in the UK helps diversify the location and add to the validity of other results. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=32804348&site=ehost-live
Cat Rose

Food labeling in UK and obesity trends EBSCO - 0 views

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    This resource is from the UK so its background is very helpful in the traffic light system. Also the results may be helpful to add to my paper. This article is very helpful becuase it is extremely current. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=33159157&site=ehost-live
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CQ Researcher Online - Entire Report - 0 views

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    This article discusses diabetes. It goes into the background and outlook of the disease. DIscussing how manageable it is. This article is off topic but can be a good side note to the obesity epidemic. I can use it to support the diseases caused by overeating and under-exercising.
Cat Rose

CQ Researcher Online - Entire Report - 0 views

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    This article adresses obesity increasing in the US. It is less current (1999) but still useful facts about the background of over-eating. The chronology is useful to my research. Also the article has good background that I can use in my introduction.
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